MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - poll: What is the ONE thing that if an ereader has you absolutely will not buy it?

stickybuns · 07-20-2011, 01:13 PM

I've got my preferences, but I don't think there's really anything that would make me outright reject a reader. In general, I'm not a fan of:

-Touch screens. Not so much because I fear fingerprints but because I dislike the texture of the e-ink screen. It's a tactile thing for me.

-Too many steps for writing annotations and notes. My first choice is to have a physical keyboard ready and waiting, but if a touch screen is the only option, I'd want one that brings up a virtual keyboard in a single step.

-Requires a computer to download books. I want WiFi at a minimum, but 3G is even better. Bonus points if it has a browser; I like being able to look things up on wikipedia.

-LCD screen on a dedicated reader. I don't mind reading ebooks between rounds of Angry Birds, but for sustained reading, e-ink is where it's at!

-Crappy battery-life (see LCD screen)

07-20-2011, 01:13 PM	#107
stickybuns Evangelist Posts: 405 Karma: 479729 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3, Kindle Paperwhite 2	I've got my preferences, but I don't think there's really anything that would make me outright reject a reader. In general, I'm not a fan of: -Touch screens. Not so much because I fear fingerprints but because I dislike the texture of the e-ink screen. It's a tactile thing for me. -Too many steps for writing annotations and notes. My first choice is to have a physical keyboard ready and waiting, but if a touch screen is the only option, I'd want one that brings up a virtual keyboard in a single step. -Requires a computer to download books. I want WiFi at a minimum, but 3G is even better. Bonus points if it has a browser; I like being able to look things up on wikipedia. -LCD screen on a dedicated reader. I don't mind reading ebooks between rounds of Angry Birds, but for sustained reading, e-ink is where it's at! -Crappy battery-life (see LCD screen)