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Originally Posted by ahi
I also have an MP3 player that is over 5 years old and still works (and when I need a portable music player, that is what I use).
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FWIW I have an old iPod which I've used maybe once or twice after I bought my first Windows Mobile phone almost four years ago.
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Originally Posted by ahi
1) a reasonable sounding eBook reading device, unless of course it's a light-emitting screen, which will induce greater eye-strain to all buy the jetbook-owning population
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Except that the Jetbook uses a special high contrast
reflective LCD.
Speaking of which, there are of course hybrid displays on their way; 3Qi LCDs and Electrowetting both offer the promise of a reflective paper-like experience for reading along with an optional backlight for watching movies or computing in the dark.
One other note: There are at least one or two ways of making a transmissive/backlit LCD less straining. First of all you can cut out much of the background glare and improve contrast by setting the text to green or dull blue and the background to black. Then also
this app seems to help quite a bit while using my computer at night.