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Originally Posted by pokee
Those people looking for a 'gadget' should really just buy an iPad and get it over with...
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There is that
A while back I wrote about a moment of time when using a smartphone. (this could equally apply to any sort of "feature rich" ereader, sans mobile phone call.
A smartphone moment in time today....
Dragged out my Omnia for a bit of reading whilst waiting for the train home.
Fire up Mobipocket and get stuck into a Edgar Rice Burroughs omnibus gained free from Mobileread.
Five minutes of reading....enjoyable....
Minute 6 - SMS
Minute 7 - appointment reminder
Minute 11 - email notification pop-up
Minute 14 - incoming phone call from lady wife...
Now if I had one of my readers, I would STILL enjoying uninterrupted reading and not dismissing distracting pop-ups and pushing the answer call button (well I would have got the phone out for that call!)