Thread: Finding Your Book Interrupted ... By the Tablet You Read It On
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Old 03-06-2012, 01:47 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by vxf View Post
I just don't get it. If you can't focus, the problem is not your tablet.
This is sort of where I am too, you know?

I mean, if you have a concentration disability -- and I have a bit of one, but it's manageable for me -- you maybe shouldn't buy or read on a tablet. But... these articles make it out like the problem is the tablet, and that the problem would be evident to anyone using it. And for me at least, it's not.

I am equally distractable no matter what I'm reading on. I put down paper books to check my email. I put down my eReader to check my email. I zip out of my eReader app to check my email.

If anything, the tablet is reducing the "check email" time and letting me get back to "reading" faster.

ETA: Mind you, if the device is popping up notifications, that can be legitimately distracting. But I don't really have that happen on my tablet/phone except email, which I do care very strongly about.
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