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Originally Posted by taosaur
As others have mentioned, there's no reason to keep connectivity always-on with a tablet. I'm most likely not going to put my phone in airplane mode just so I don't get pinged while I'm reading, but if I'm reading on my tablet there's no reason I would have the radio(s) on most of the time, because it just sucks battery and because I'm reading.
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I purchased my tablet to be connected, not the reverse. Whilst my ereader was purchased for reading ebooks. I have no desire now, or in the future, to merge the two devices.
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Nonsense. Plenty of us manage to read on tablets just fine, and have our reasons for preferring both the display and the capabilities of a tablet over an eink device.
The answer to the article-writer's dilemma is to toggle the button with the little airplane, or the one with the signal bars, or whatever on his particular device. Or, if he prefers reading on a Kindle, just read on the Kindle and stop inventing reasons why other people shouldn't be reading on the device of their choice
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The reverse is true also, tablet fanatics also get snarky about owners of ereaders who prefer to read ebooks on that device.
People buy devices for personal reasons and for differing purposes. Having to cripple a tablet to read without distraction is, in my opinion, rather silly.