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Originally Posted by Valentinka
I think it is appropriate to use the word "gadget" for JBC. I would say that it is even more appropriate to use the word "gadget" than word "eReader" in case of JBC since Ectaco advertises this device as being much more that just eReader: something like portable educational electronic device that you also can use as eReader. By the way, there is nothing bad about word "gadget". At least, here in US, ipad 2 is often called gadget. And I consider iPad as a very high quality electronic device.
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This is exactly what I wanted to propose - to call Ipad 2 "a gadget" instead
I may be wrong, but I think Ipad is useful for two things only:
1. as a remote control for Samsung TV
2. it makes a good gift. For Christmas? A birthday present?
As to JBC - perhaps it is possible to peel off the color filter film and convert it into perl hd ? Anybody tried?
ProDigit,
you write:
30 cm is about right for a device like that.
On my 5" devices I read at about 20 cm distance.
If I keep my 5" reader about 22 cm from my eyes, I see about the same screen space, as reading the Jetbook Color at ~0.5 meters away
With 20 cm,
you will destroy your eyes!
I think the minimal safe distance for reading books is about 40 cm.
A doctor ophthalmologist told me so.
No difference, printed or on an eReader.
It is not a question of seeing the same screen space on 5" page.
It is about focusing your eyes. Such a short focus distance puts a continuous strain on the eyes, on the muscles that keep the eyeballs in the shape needed for the corresponding focus distance.
When reading from farther away, the eye muscles are more relaxed.
I don't think the reading distance should depend on the size of the page.
Unless on a larger device you use also a larger font deliberately so you can read from much farther away.
I prefer relatively small font sizes regardless of the device size. Close to the smallest that are still used in printed paperbacks.
Just the size that is the most readable. When you see words, several words at once, not separate letters.
But even with relatively small font sizes, a comfortable reading distance for me is 40-50 cm.
Both with 9.7" and 6" readers. The same font size, the same distance, similar text width, only the margins are significantly different.
I never tried 5" but I see no way it could be used in portrait: you need at least 8 cm text width (not counting margins) for comfortable reading. Unless the font is very tiny - which would make reading a torture anyway.