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Originally Posted by toddos
And I think you completely missed my point. Outlander said that nobody wants to read on a smartphone, which is false as a blanket statement.
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Originally Posted by outlander78
tablets might replace dedicated eReaders, but smart phones won't.
No one wants a giant smart phone screen (imagine holding your iPad to your head for 5-10 minutes)pressed to their ear...
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Originally Posted by toddos
I wouldn't say "no one", because that's exactly what I do. While I have a PRS-300 and Nook STR, 90% of my reading is done on smartphones (previously my iPhone 3GS using Stanza, now my HD7S using Freda). The 3.5" screen of the iPhone was perfectly fine, and the 4.3" screen and higher pixels per inch of the HD7S is even better. I've never had a headache or eye strain from reading on the LCD screens, but I read white-on-black.
Not entirely but I get so tired of being misquoted, partially quoted or having relevant comments ignored when they don't suit the points of the quoter let alone the joys of only reading what you want to see rather than what is actually printed...
I wasn't missing your point, I was not talking about reading on small screens... I was specifically agreeing with Outlander's comment about no-one wanting to hold an
iPad sized device to their ear as per his bolded comment above... your response was related to smartphones/iPhones i.e. nothing to do with an iPad comment but a tangent to current smartphone tech because you
don't hold "a giant smart phone screen to your ear," you use a smartphone... neither outlander78's nor my comment were related to normal smartphones but you missed that and jumped straight in to defend the wonderful joys of reading on smartphones... no-one denied you can use 'em for reading, some people even enjoy them for reading, many don't... so what, smartphones are not going to wipeout e-ink readers in their current form... as per my (also ignored) comment about extendable screens etc...
