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Old 08-27-2015, 08:43 AM   #51
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
I read for several years on PDAs, which had much worse (& smaller!) screens that today's smart phones. I would have loved to have a device with my iPhone 5's screen back then.

So I'm not at all surprised that lots of people read on their phone now.

Personally, I'd much, much rather read on an EInk device. My new Paperwhite 3 is marvellous.
There's one huge difference between those old PDA's and today's phones: ratio. Those PDA's where 4:3, today's phones are generally 16:9.

I never had any problem reading my PDA, but I hate reading on my phone. It's way too narrow compared to the length. A 16:10 ratio would be much better (I like reading on my tablet, which has that 16:10 screen, but I prefer the 4:3 of my e-ink readers over that)
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