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Originally Posted by detayls
As an iPad owner I have absolutely no need for a Kindle Fire. IMHO only inexperienced eBook Readers (the human kind) use a heavier LCD device as a reader. The light kills your eyes after a few minutes. The Kindle Fire will do well as a multipurpose device but there really is no need for a single device to do everything so I will not buy one.
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I have an iPad, too. But I'm getting a KF, at least to try out.
I really don't see the two devices as occupying the same nich. While in a sense, the KF is a more portable iPad, and that's a plus, I really am buying the KF because it is, I hope, a better EBR.
One reason is the 7 inch screen size. I expect to be able to optimize the font size so that I can read at a comfortable pace. As an older reader, I find that I need to have a larger font than in my youth. But on a 6 inch screen, that font doesn't give me enough text on the page to read at the speed I want to read. Both the color Nook and the Sony 950 were better "fits" than any 6 inch screen.
I also think I'll like the page turning better. I prefer touch to buttons, and I anticipate that the page turning on the KF will be more pleasing than the "fade" I get on e-ink readers.
Your point about the effect of the backlight on an lcd screen is well-taken, but the problem can be minimized with judicious adjustments.
Your point about the weight is also worth considering, but I won't know about that till I actually hold one. A lot depends on how good the device feels in my hand.
Insofar as the thread topic is concerned, I don't anticipate replacing my K3 with the basic K4. I have a nice case by Tuff-Luv which works very nicely to prop up my K3 when I read while eating. With the K3 in that case, the keyboard elevates the screen to a very comfortable viewing level on a small table or counter.
I considered getting a KT, but I've found that the buttons are better for one handed page turns than a touch screen in situations where I'm not holding the EBR. I know this because I have a Sony 650 in a similar case. The 650 has a touch screen.
I like a touch screen EBR better when I'm holding the device, though, so I expect I'd like the KT over the K3 if I read while holding it, and my guess is that I'd like the KNT better as well under those circumstances.
But I like to read while I eat, so I'm sticking with the K3 as my e-ink device.