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jbcohen · 04-07-2011, 03:23 PM

My mother bought an ipad some time ago and she tells me the troubble with it is that its too big and akward for reading novels for any length of time on them, due to the physical size of the unit. I have heard a lot of people liking the tablets for reading electronic books and they seem to me to be sitting on the fence about using them in the future. I have also spoken to a lot of owners of different brands electronic readers and I own one myself as well, a Aluratek Libra Pro but I primarily use my company provided Blackberry Storm.

I do have some advice that I ahve put together after talking to the owners of many different products and I owuld advise you to buy a tablet PC if you can see yourself using the tablet for multiple functions outside reading electronic books. Owners of tablets that I have spoken to tell me that the tablet is good for electronic reading but where it really shines is the ability to read a book and work with other software on one device. Owners of tablets have told me if all you want to do is read books these things are a waste of dollars.

I had one pal that owned a Craig tablet and an ipad both and he tells me that he likes the Criag quite a bit better than the ipad. Sicne the ipad cost seven times what the craig did he expected seven times the value from the ipad and did not feel it really delivered seven times the value that the craig did. "Two times" he said "but not seven times."

As far as the dedicated readers go it has been my premise for sometime that there is no one best reader for everyone and it really depends on what is most important to you. I bought the Libra Pro becuase at the time it was the only reader available that would sell for $100 or below, I simply did not see readers as worth more than that.

Kobos are great if you want simplicity of operation, they have one button that does all of everything on the reader. And they are the cheapest available these days besides the ones on the smart phones.

I use my office's blackberry storm these days becuase I haev a tendency to loose things and since I can combine all of the functions into one device there is less to loose and less weight to carry around.

A Kindle is great for those that can see them having a huge electronic book library, its got a search function, or like the ability to put your name in the device and customize it to your liking.

A Sony PRS are great if you want the on board dictionaries available at the tap of the screen.

Can yout see yourself looking at diagrams and illustrations in books, the bookeen is really great for that job.

04-07-2011, 03:23 PM	#119
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,033 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	My mother bought an ipad some time ago and she tells me the troubble with it is that its too big and akward for reading novels for any length of time on them, due to the physical size of the unit. I have heard a lot of people liking the tablets for reading electronic books and they seem to me to be sitting on the fence about using them in the future. I have also spoken to a lot of owners of different brands electronic readers and I own one myself as well, a Aluratek Libra Pro but I primarily use my company provided Blackberry Storm. I do have some advice that I ahve put together after talking to the owners of many different products and I owuld advise you to buy a tablet PC if you can see yourself using the tablet for multiple functions outside reading electronic books. Owners of tablets that I have spoken to tell me that the tablet is good for electronic reading but where it really shines is the ability to read a book and work with other software on one device. Owners of tablets have told me if all you want to do is read books these things are a waste of dollars. I had one pal that owned a Craig tablet and an ipad both and he tells me that he likes the Criag quite a bit better than the ipad. Sicne the ipad cost seven times what the craig did he expected seven times the value from the ipad and did not feel it really delivered seven times the value that the craig did. "Two times" he said "but not seven times." As far as the dedicated readers go it has been my premise for sometime that there is no one best reader for everyone and it really depends on what is most important to you. I bought the Libra Pro becuase at the time it was the only reader available that would sell for $100 or below, I simply did not see readers as worth more than that. Kobos are great if you want simplicity of operation, they have one button that does all of everything on the reader. And they are the cheapest available these days besides the ones on the smart phones. I use my office's blackberry storm these days becuase I haev a tendency to loose things and since I can combine all of the functions into one device there is less to loose and less weight to carry around. A Kindle is great for those that can see them having a huge electronic book library, its got a search function, or like the ability to put your name in the device and customize it to your liking. A Sony PRS are great if you want the on board dictionaries available at the tap of the screen. Can yout see yourself looking at diagrams and illustrations in books, the bookeen is really great for that job.