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Oh my...
I am reminded of the time that I made the mistake of asking on the Ebay forum: "Who should leave Feedback first, buyers or sellers?"... lol
What followed was quite surprising (to say the least)...
Apparently, it turns out that the, *ahem*, "issue" had been debated by forum regulars ad nauseum!
In my own defence though, lol, try this: type "back light" into "your" mobilread search box (as I did before posting this thread) and you will see that the backlight issue does not really come clearly into focus...in fact that's where I saw the ad for the book light etc etc.
and a bunch of other seemingly unrelated threads...try it.
So even though you good folks may feel the issue is flogging a cartoon dog (!?), "done to death" etc etc....it's not that clear from the FAQ search. :-)
But thanks for the lively replies at any rate...
It's true I haven't yet had the chance to view an e-ink device, I look forward to it. Here in Canada $500 seems an average price...hence the use of the term "$500" device!
I suppose in Zimbabwe it would be a $100,000 device. That wasn't really my point.
And, assuming a "pbook", is a regular book....well, the answer is, we didn't get to read in low light situations, what else? What an odd question.
And finally, I agree with the poster who felt on the "vanguard" of e-readers and wanted to support the industry....absolutley. But that's why it's important for designers to accept the challenge to please those of us that want more (and different) features...self-lighting (however it's done), changeable fonts, the ability to bookmark/annotate/highlight etc.
My question is, how does it support the industry to nay-say any ideas or support for features that aren't currently available? In fact, you should support those ideas.
To not do so, indeed to actively discourage ideas for improvement on forums like this, smacks a bit of the ol' "I bought it so now I'm gonna self-justify it" that we see so frequently on internet "user reviews"...
Cheers
jp
(typing in the dark, on a backlit keyboard)
:-)
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