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Originally Posted by Hellmark
The lack of distractions is precisely why I read with an ebook reader instead of a Tablet. With a tablet or smartphone, you get notifications popping up, and it is also entirely too tempting to pull a browser up to check random thoughts, or research something you just saw in the book, and end up distracted.
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That doesn't happen to me. If I can ignore a phone ringing beside me (or in my pocket), I can surely ignore an email/twitter notification.
I'm sure there's some people who could be easily distracted when reading on a tablet/phone, but it's certainly not a universal thing. My guess is that some people are just more easily distracted than others in general. And even those people who ARE that easily distracted can turn off their wifi, or put their phone on do-not-disturb.
I'm not saying anyone should
love reading on a tablet or anything; I just don't think the whole "distraction" argument against it is all that relevant. Easily distracted people are easily distracted--regardless of the scenario. *shrug*