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Originally Posted by RobertJSawyer
Looking at the photos of the 9.7-inch unit, and the specs on the Astak website, I see they're touting a non-glare screen, which, of course, is essential, but they've put the unit in a glossy black chassis -- which will reflect light back into the reader's eyes. The Amazon Kindle and the iRex iLiad both were sensibly designed with matte-finish housings; I hope Astak will rectify this before they go into production. Ergonomics are hugely important to the reading experience, after all.
(Plus, an ebook reader has to be handled a lot, and glossy finishes show fingerprints ...)
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Both excellent points that I hadn't considered...caught up in the shiny biggness of it all, as I was.
I put together a book a few years ago that our for which our designer decided that a glossy black cover was in order. The damn thing showed of fingerprints like mad. Kind of gross, actually...like you could see the filthy hands of everyone who touched it. *shiver*
I've gone from excited to gullible to skeptical to excited...I'm just going to need to relax and wait until the reviews start pouring in.
In the least, I hope this leads to more competition among devices and lower costs to the rest of us.