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leandroide · 08-26-2006, 03:58 PM

Hi all.

I read a lot in my Tungsten T3, with ereader and more recently with mobireader. And I don't notice any eye strain, using a black background with a white foreground. I adjust the contrast depending on the illumination conditions... in bed (lights off) almost to the minimum.

I suppose that many people try to read in a PDA with white background... for me that's impossible. In ten minutes I have to leave it.

Recently I bought my wife an Acer N311 (priced around 300€). It has the same screen that the Dell Axim X51v (VGA resolution) and the reading is much better. In the Tungsten you can notice some rugged borders in the characters while in the Acer you can't. Now I'm going to buy another Acer for me, basically for reading. I haven't seen any e-ink screen yet, but it had to impress me strongly to change my mind.

The battery life of the Tungsten is terrible (no more than 3 hours, just reading) and in the Acer is better (more or less 8 hours, just reading). There is a high capacity battery for the Acer that (they say) doubles the battery life.

The only weak point of the Acer is that, if you rotate the screen, there is a loss of quality.

So.. my reading device? A PDA with a big screen (the Acer is 3.7 inches) and VGA resolution.

L.

08-26-2006, 03:58 PM	#3
leandroide Zealot Posts: 144 Karma: 92 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Vigo, Spain Device: Papyre 6.1 (Hanlin V3)	Hi all. I read a lot in my Tungsten T3, with ereader and more recently with mobireader. And I don't notice any eye strain, using a black background with a white foreground. I adjust the contrast depending on the illumination conditions... in bed (lights off) almost to the minimum. I suppose that many people try to read in a PDA with white background... for me that's impossible. In ten minutes I have to leave it. Recently I bought my wife an Acer N311 (priced around 300€). It has the same screen that the Dell Axim X51v (VGA resolution) and the reading is much better. In the Tungsten you can notice some rugged borders in the characters while in the Acer you can't. Now I'm going to buy another Acer for me, basically for reading. I haven't seen any e-ink screen yet, but it had to impress me strongly to change my mind. The battery life of the Tungsten is terrible (no more than 3 hours, just reading) and in the Acer is better (more or less 8 hours, just reading). There is a high capacity battery for the Acer that (they say) doubles the battery life. The only weak point of the Acer is that, if you rotate the screen, there is a loss of quality. So.. my reading device? A PDA with a big screen (the Acer is 3.7 inches) and VGA resolution. L.