Thread: Have e-Readers been superseded by Tablets and Phones
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Old 08-25-2014, 08:03 PM   #89
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Originally Posted by ereadingdotcom View Post
Ultimately, though, I think that e-readers will expire. Someone will invent a less eye-fatiguing setting or or unique screen for tablets and that will be the death knell for dedicated e-readers. How soon that happens, though, is anyone's guess.
Sometimes the best tool just does one thing really, really well.

The best GPS is not a smartphone, it is a dedicated GPS.

The best e-reader is not a tablet, it is a dedicated e-reader with an e-paper screen and a battery life that will let you read five books with the back-light on between charges, and doesn't wash out in bright light.

Which e-reader? Like anything else, it depends. For casual reading where re-flow is available (.epub, .mobi) a 6-7 inch reader is quite adequate. For technical manuals in .pdf format with page sized diagrams and tables, a 10 inch reader is much better.

Tablets are just too heavy with too short a battery life, and too many complications to the interface.
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