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Originally Posted by Pookeysgirl
I have a blackberry curve 8330 and can't read ebooks on it. Even when I upgrade this to a better smartphone I don't think I'll read books on it. The print would be too small.
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What kind of phone would you upgrade to that would make the print smaller? Higher resolution screens don't mean that the text gets smaller, but that it gets clearer (more pixels per letter means smoother letter forms and easier reading).
I read on my phone all the time. It's my primary reader despite having two eink devices. I read on my phone because it's with me at all times. I read on it at home because the book light I have for my Nook keeps the wife awake at night. I read on my phone because I like it, and the #1 criteria I have for any smartphone I will ever buy is that it has a good ebook reader.
For the "Ugh, LCD! Yuck!" crowd, try reading in "night mode" or white-on-black. It's so much more comfortable, even in regular daytime reading. Most people who complain about reading on a phone are really complaining about bad apps, like iBooks and Kindle with their giant margins, lack of customization, etc. At a minimum, I need a reader that supports arbitrary color selection (for true white-on-black, not Amazon's crappy dark-gray-on-black), full justification, hyphenation, line spacing adjustment, margin adjustment, decent font selection, and fine-grain font size adjustment. Sadly many reader apps are missing most or all of those features.
iOS: Stanza or Bluefire, but I've not used iOS in a year so I don't know the current state of readers
Android: Aldiko or FBReader
Windows Phone 7: Freda