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Originally Posted by sakura-panda
I considered posting over there, but I already know what I want to buy, so it doesn't seem to fit. I don't need a tablet vs e-ink discussion -- I just wondered if the resolution is reasonable for text. I know what resolution I want when it comes to photos and images, but I don't know what is suitable for text since I've always bought dedicated devices before now.
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In that case, I personally would not go below 1280x800. Higher would be nice (duh!) but only if the rest of the specs
and the price are correct too. And I'd prefer to pay a bit more if it bought me a bit more freedom from a walled garden (does the Fire have the ability to use the Google Play store, for instance?)
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Originally Posted by dwig
I've been using a Dell Venue 8 Pro as my eReader for a while now. It's an 8.1" Win8.1 tablet with a 1280x800 screen resolution which works very well for reading, though I'm beginning to have several age related vision difficulties and use a bit larger text than what would be found in the typical paperback book.
I still haven't found a reading app that I am completely comfortable with. I run calibre with a large library on my DV8p and all DRM has been removed from the books so format conversion is easy. I'm currently using Book Bazaar Reader, a Modern (nee Metro) app. It functions well, but ignores a lot of a book's formatting. Calibre's ebook-viewer and the Kindle desktop version also work well but suffer noticably in a touch only environment. TouchMousePointer helps a great deal, but doesn't solve all of the handling issues. |
I've tried about a dozen Windows applications and Modern apps and discarded them all. And Calibre ebook-viewer works nicely with a touch only interface as well (though, I'm cheating because my wacom pen has a right-mouse-button button..). But even if it didn't, it's the only reader that leaves my layout as I have specified...