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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic
From my personal experience I fully agree with the quote medard cited. With a tablet, temptation to do what you're not supposed to do (i.e. read boring overlong textbooks) is much stronger than with a technically underperforming E Ink device. In other words... ever since I've spent more time with tablets, my total reading consumption went down.  |
This is the primary reason why I bought dedicated e-readers. When I try to read books, fiction or otherwise, on the iPad, I end up checking mail every fifteen minutes. And while I'm there, I take a quick look at forums. And next I look up something on Wikipedia, browse for reviews, find a Youtube video, or remember I need to edit a document on Google Drive for a meeting, and so forth.
E-ink displays are generally much nicer for reading, but the real advantage of a dedicated e-books device is that it offers fewer distractions and I actually get some chapters in without frequent multitasking (Sudoku and chess on the Kobo are bad enough, but at least the browser is so slow and tedious that it is not tempting!
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