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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
I don't really get why people think that multifunctional devices provide distractions. I read because I want to, I play games because I want to. Mobile phones had had games for a really long time. I've read books before going to sleep, with a phone with games on it within arm's reach, and a laptop with even more games on it a little farther away, and I wasn't tempted to leave my book for either.
So what changes if you have a reader with games? While reading you get a sudden urge to play angry birds; if the reader is basic, you wouldn't make the effort to grab the phone, but if the reader has the game, you can't help it but leave the ebook and play the game?
And the biggest problem with the dual screen devices is the low battery life, not the distractions.
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This confuses me, too.
The biggest reason people give for not rooting their NC seems to be that they "don't want to be distracted". I respect their decision and they understand their own limits and inclinations better than I do, so I'm not going to tell them what they should/shouldn't do, but it DOES confuse me.
I have ADD, but I've never found a situation where a desire to "stop reading and do X" would be thwarted by an unrooted NC but facilitated by a rooted one. Even when I'm on the go, I have my phone with me and it can do all the fun things that my rooted NC can do, so it's not like NOT rooting it would keep me pure from the Angry Birds.
I can understand not wanting a multi-use device if you think the developers will spread themselves thin -- that makes sense to me. But if the quality was perfect either way, a multi-use device is more useful to me.
'Course, I also don't understand the GoodReads people who argue that instituting half-stars in the rating system should not be allowed to happen, despite its overwhelming popularity, because the change would FORCE them to re-rate all their books.
To me, "force" implies, well, the GoodReads staff pointing a gun at you. But apparently I'm weird that way.