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Originally Posted by cfrizz
If you work on a pc at work or have one at home, then that is no different from reading a tablet. If you can look at, and read off of a pc all day then you can do the same thing with a tablet.
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Read on whatever you like, but for the love of god please stop trying to convince everyone that one is better than the other.
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I'm working on my PC on and off all day long at all hours of the day (and night). But I do it indoors and I'm very comfortable with it and e-ink would be a crappy substitute for my power-hog of a PC for those tasks.
In my case though, I read probably close to 50% of my time outdoors (I'm referring to my time spent reading novels for enjoyment, not my work nor graphics editing nor browsing websites nor looking up information, all of which e-ink would be a crappy and far inferior device to do those tasks on). And in my case guess what... e-ink
is better than any backlit LCD device when you're reading out in the sun.
The title of this thread, "Have e-Readers been superseded by Tablets and Phones," means that when someone disagrees with that idea, they're going to state why. If you disagree with the statement in the title, the nature of your response is going to be defending e-ink over LCD for reading. Don't take that to mean that's there's not room for all devices. I could care less what anyone else reads on. If you prefer tablets or phones and never read outdoors, by all means buy a tablet or use your phone for reading. It will be perfect in your instance.
I'm simply stating why for how and when
I read, e-ink is a must
for me and it will never be superseded by a tablet or phone
in my case (at least until a better technology comes out that will let me read in all light situations including direct sunlight with long battery life on those devices).
I didn't think that needed to be stated as a disclaimer on every post for this thread. But again, read on whatever you're comfortable reading on and be happy that you enjoy your reading time. Reading on tablets and phones is here to stay, as is reading on specialized e-ink devices. It's good to have a lot of choices so everyone's needs are met to make reading as enjoyable as possible under all conditions. Best of all worlds.