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When this thread began I was mostly reading on my Kindle at home and on my phone when I had a few minutes when I was elsewhere. Little by little I began to realize that I enjoy the phone more so I tried reading exclusively on my phone for a couple months and I liked it. It was hard on my phone's battery though, so I bought another phone, a cheap one, for reading at home. I've been doing that ever since.
I still haven't decided whether I'll go back to the Kindle. I'm not ruling it out. It is easier on my eyes but I'm doing okay reading on the phone and actually I'm reading more now. I like the small screen and the way it fits comfortably in my hand. I don't have to "hold" it. I just hold my hand up with my phone in it.
The phone also lets me scroll text which I got used to doing on Palm devices, where ebooks first began to become popular. Most apps on Palm devices scrolled. Only a few paged. I got used to scrolling and when I got my Kindle I missed it. Now I'm scrolling again.
It is harder to read in the sun but in direct sunlight so is the Kindle, although the phone is a bit worse. I don't really do much reading in the sun. Reading outside in the shade is no problem on either of them.
The biggest drawback of the phone is battery life but that's manageable.
Barry
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