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Originally Posted by Hampshire Nanny
I think you've given a good description of a casual reader vs a hard-core reader. I own a Kindle 3/keyboard, 2 other older eInk devices, an iPad and an iPhone. I keep a book on my iPhone so that I can read when it's the only device I have with me. I put the cookbooks and kids books on the iPad because its large color screen is conducive to enjoying those books. But for hard-core, heads-down, reading for many hours straight (can you say flight from LA to NYC?) it's eInk all the way. Easier on the eyes, easier on the battery.
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Now see right there you are off base, I am a hard-core reader. I go through 100-200 books a year. The majority of my reading is done on my pc & Note 2 phone.
But by the same token I have no problem also reading on my T1 or mp3 player or Nexus tablet.
I don't allow myself to become distracted when I'm reading. When I'm reading on my pc, I have Pandora or WMP playing music, and I'm just reading away. When on my phone, the phone is off and I don't have a plan for accessing the web that is what my pc is for.
I prefer backlit screens for reading since my eyes are bad and I don't want to strain them trying to read in poor lighting conditions! I love reading on my T1 outside sitting in the sun getting a tan and reading.
My Note 2 battery last just fine all day long and then I plug it in at night when I turn in.
I'm going down to DC next week to visit my brother I will only have my Note 2 with me to read, & play my music while I'm reading. before this I had to lug my phone, mp3 player, and T1 to accomplish everything I wanted to. Now I just carry one machine for all of it.
I have never bought a Kindle nor do I have any interest in doing so. But if they are providing enough machines to satisfy most people, then as far as I'm concerned they are not DESTROYING anything!
People have been conditioned to constantly EXPECT improvements in all tech, but there is only so much you can do to any machine that is designed to read books. For the majority of us we want small, portable, and convenient. There are plenty of gadgets out there that do that now at prices we are willing to pay.