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Originally Posted by silverraven
E-reader for my old eyeballs! Tablets give me a killer headache after just a few minutes. I can read on an e-reader for hours.
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I used a series of old HP pocket pc for over ten years to read prc and mobi format books on. As I like to read in the dark I love my tablet. The price on my cheap "bathtub reader" ebay no name tablet was low enough that if it drops in the water I won't cry too long.
The other features on my samsung tablet don't distract me any more than reading in the same room as my computer which is on 24 7 or having the phone (either cell or landline) ring.
If you are distracted by apps and games then you are not really into your book. Another advantage of a tablet is something I came across on about eight books. They read well in Moon+ Reader Pro (which has a very adaptable brightness level) but isn't my usual first pick when in fbReader all the paragraphs had ran into each other.
If tied to an ereader you are tied to the formats that reader supports and if a new format comes out you will either need a new reader or you will have to skip books of that format. With a tablet you just need to install a new app and 9 times out of 10 it will be available for free.
When amazon closed all the program download links on mobipocket.com and one by one the six hp devices needed a reinstall of the reader with none available because of my stupidity, I swore I would not be tied to one vendor.