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Old 01-20-2021, 02:49 PM   #66
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Hmmm.... 10.9" Apple iPad with 64GB storage for $780 Cdn or Bigme B1 Pro for $1010 Cdn.
This leaves me asking where are the advantages to using the Bigme?
Or a lenovo 10.3" tablet for maybe about CDN$200, add 256 G micro SD for maybe CND$ 50? Cheaper because, (a) Not Apple. (b) Not a Retina display. I wear about 3.5 reading glasses, so while a bit higher resolution might be nice on fine print A4 PDFs, it's good enough for 10"

I like eink. Not convinced coloured eink has the same advantages. I baulked at price of the 8" Forma and bought a 7" Libra ink, 10.3" Lenovo tablet and 256 G Byte microSD card for less than the cost of a Forma over a year ago. No doubt the battery life on a 10" coloured eink is wonderful, but I'm still going to read almost all novels on the 7" Kobo Libra. Weight!

I treated myself to a needless luxury last week, a 7.8" Likebook Mars. The 8" Kobo Forma is cheaper here than it was, but I'm happy with the Libra. I hope I'm not too disappointed with the Likebook Mars.

I can't see the advantage of a 10" colour eink over a 10" tablet unless you read outside and read a lot of comics. You'd want a warm coat and big umbrella even during most of the summer here.

I know graphic novels and comics have a very keen niche market. But it's expensive content for not a lot of reading. I kind of lost interest in them 25 years ago, though I bought one last year. Which is actually all monochrome, a Babbage and Lovelace adventure.

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