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Old 02-23-2009, 02:14 PM   #33
Alisa
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Originally Posted by Liviu_5 View Post
Actually I would add ergonomics as a major factor - lightness, verticality, button/touch page turning... ; Mr. Bezos was right that with the Kindle (or the PRS) you forget you read from a device, and you can attain the same focus, immersion as in a print book

Trying to read from a tablet that has a spinning hard drive, weighs 2 lbs and heats fast is not that much fun even though it offers vertical reading
We're already at the point now where we can do better than that with a tablet. There are affordable netbooks on the market with SSDs already that boast rather good battery life. Once the screen technology gets where it needs to be the unit will be even more efficient (and cooler).
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