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Originally Posted by marvmax
I do all of my reading on a stand alone PDA. I personally can't stand phones and cell phone seems like a especial abomination. The flexibility of the PDA is what I really like. I also carry an extra battery with me for those time I get to read enough to drain the battery.
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I do the same. I have a cell phone, but it's a tiny low end Nokia on a prepaid plan. All it does is place and receive calls, and that's all I want it to do. While it's vaguely possible I could get a Java bases reader that would run in it, the tiny screen would make trying to read books on it painful.
I'm not interested in convergence. I'm quite happy to carry a PDA and a cell phone. All I need them to do is share address books, and they can.
But I won't carry a PDA, a cell phone,
and a reader. I need a device that supports color (which current dedicated readers do not, because color eInk isn't available), and I need it to do
more than display books.
My PDA is my ebook viewer, with about 3,500 volumes in a variety of formats, and the fact I can handle almost all formats is a plus. It's also my PIM, handling my address book, calendar, and scheduling, an MP3 player, a video player, can create and edit documaets and spreadsheets, holds databases on a broad variety of topics, can connect via Wifi and surf the web or get email (though not terribly well, and I do so only in a pinch), can be programmed in an assortment of languages, and oh, yes, it plays games.
I'd
like a larger screen, and would use a larger device that had one. I couldn't carry it in a pocket, but I don't carry my PDA in a pocket now. If I find a device that does everything my PDA does, as well or better than the PDA does it, I'd consider switching. Thus far, I haven't. (The Nokia Internet Tablets come closest, but lack the PIM functions.)
But I can read comfortably on the backlit LCD screen my device has, and have for years. eInk screens are lovely, but are not in themselves sufficient incentive to switch.
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Dennis