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DiapDealer · 05-04-2013, 08:31 PM

I read big-ass, long novels for hours on end on my Kindle Fire HD (in all the dark, quiet locations I prefer to do my reading) with no eyestrain (and quite often one-handed even). I never read for more than 11 hours straight, and there's always electricity in the vicinity to charge it back up (usually when I'm sleeping and don't really require the device's services). I feel very little weight difference between it and my Kindle 2. Did I miss anything?

I thought the thread needed a little balance.

I too thought my eInk Kindle was vastly superior to any tablet for reading purposes (not to mention being completely averse to Touch technology). I thought that right up until the time time I started reading on a tablet. Took me all of about two hours to commit to the switch.

Clearly I'm in the minority here on MobileRead, but hey!... to each their own.

05-04-2013, 08:31 PM	#35
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,727 Karma: 205159604 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I read big-ass, long novels for hours on end on my Kindle Fire HD (in all the dark, quiet locations I prefer to do my reading) with no eyestrain (and quite often one-handed even). I never read for more than 11 hours straight, and there's always electricity in the vicinity to charge it back up (usually when I'm sleeping and don't really require the device's services). I feel very little weight difference between it and my Kindle 2. Did I miss anything? I thought the thread needed a little balance. I too thought my eInk Kindle was vastly superior to any tablet for reading purposes (not to mention being completely averse to Touch technology). I thought that right up until the time time I started reading on a tablet. Took me all of about two hours to commit to the switch. Clearly I'm in the minority here on MobileRead, but hey!... to each their own.