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aceflor · 08-13-2011, 02:40 AM

I have a tablet (acer iconia) and e-readers (kindle 3 and sony 650 and 350), and I use them. All of them. The tablet is good for indoors when I am seating comfortably and for nightime reading, but I always have my 350 in my handbag, it is in a cloth bag that contains said e-reader plus housekeys, carkeys, glasses and purse and will be transferred to handbag of the day and will be used anytime I can squeeze a bit of reading when running errands.

The K3 and 650 I use at home outside, at the pool or at the beach, I am reading different books on each (mainly I am reading 2 books at a time). It is crazy to have these different devices, I know. I am not going to get another e-reader on top, but should one die on me, I'd most probably buy another one. It is different reading, I am more concentrated on the e-ink ones than on the tablet (because I don't get the "ping" telling me e-mail just arrived probably), for me the combo makes sense and I am delighted e-ink devices exist and are still being developed.

If asked, I'd say the "real" reading is done on the e-ink devices, the tablet reading is more "entertainment". Does it make sense ?

08-13-2011, 02:40 AM	#12
aceflor Wizard Posts: 3,472 Karma: 48036360 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: where the sun lives, or so they say Device: Pocketbook Era, Pocketbook Inkpad 4, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Scribe	I have a tablet (acer iconia) and e-readers (kindle 3 and sony 650 and 350), and I use them. All of them. The tablet is good for indoors when I am seating comfortably and for nightime reading, but I always have my 350 in my handbag, it is in a cloth bag that contains said e-reader plus housekeys, carkeys, glasses and purse and will be transferred to handbag of the day and will be used anytime I can squeeze a bit of reading when running errands. The K3 and 650 I use at home outside, at the pool or at the beach, I am reading different books on each (mainly I am reading 2 books at a time). It is crazy to have these different devices, I know. I am not going to get another e-reader on top, but should one die on me, I'd most probably buy another one. It is different reading, I am more concentrated on the e-ink ones than on the tablet (because I don't get the "ping" telling me e-mail just arrived probably), for me the combo makes sense and I am delighted e-ink devices exist and are still being developed. If asked, I'd say the "real" reading is done on the e-ink devices, the tablet reading is more "entertainment". Does it make sense ? Last edited by aceflor; 08-13-2011 at 03:03 AM.