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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
Not with a single purpose reader like a Kindle or Kobo etc.
I don't mind reading magazine articles, blogs, Facebook, and the like, in my iPad or iPhone. But when I want to lose myself in a book, I use my Kobo.
I also think that many people are able to resist the pull of multi-tasking if they want to. Those times when only my iPhone is available, I can manage to resist the urge to check my email or Facebook, if I choose to.
Staying focused is a skill we can all work on. Even in a world full of "headline" drive-by reading.
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I have no problem getting deeply immersed in my books on my phone/tablet. It is very easy, all you have to do is put them into airplane mode, and no distractions to worry about.
Don't blame the device for peoples short attention spans, and the need to always be in the know.
My phone/tablet are there for MY convenience, no one elses. That's why my phone stays in airplane 99% of the time. I can be easily be reached via email, or good old fashioned telephone.
My cousins berate me because they texted me, and I didn't respond. I said you had the phone right there in your hand, all you had to do was press the dial button for my home phone number and left a message, which probably would have be faster than typing me a text!