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Originally Posted by burnafterreading
fair enough. the battery life issue is one i don't generally agree with since it's rare for anyone to sit and read for 6-8 hours straight with no breaks and without access to electricity of any kind. it's nothing more than a convenience. an eink device will last longer since the screen takes almost no power to display a static image, but with outlets all over the planet that's almost a moot point. potty break / food break = plug into charger time. no biggie.
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It's a very "biggie" to me. I often sit in the dark for six hours reading (most of my books are read in a setting or two ... or maybe three) and the idea of hooking a tablet up to electricity while reading has zero appeal to me. Besides, it's just a matter of being able to pick up an eInk Reader and going with it -- and not worrying at all about its battery state, or where I'll be able to find my next electrical socket.
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Originally Posted by burnafterreading
"easier on the eyes" is about the only thing i'd agree with. there's methods to make a tablet's LED display be less tiring, and the upshot is that a tablet generally gives you (more) options. i read in night-mode all the time and it's not tiring at all.
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I'm not much for the reversed (white on black) lettering. I do occasionally read on my smartphone (when I know it's going to be for short stretches) -- when I do this I use the Sepia setting.
Now, if I was reading PDFs on a regular basis, I'd probably find a small tablet for that. But I don't and I can't see where a tablet will ever replace my eInk eReaders.