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Old 09-20-2009, 03:03 PM   #13
akira28
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Originally Posted by slm View Post
Just to round out the picture, I have both e-ink devices and the Jetbook. At the right angle, the Jetbook screen is as good. As the wrong angles, it is awful. since I read lying down in bed a lot, the Jetbook turns out to be vastly inferior--for my uses--to the e-ink screens.
If you are a frequent bed reader, with presumably a dim side light and not wanting to employ one dedicated for an ebook , then angling the unit towards the light or a white shirt can be a hassle. For those times I use paper or my iTouch. I have issues enough with the low contrast of e-ink in regular light that I can't imagine using one in bed, even without the black flashes that make me nauseous. Let's hope there is another technology arriving soon that gives us a true white background with true black letters and no flashes of black. Until then I don't think any of these dedicated readers will go mainstream.

Last edited by akira28; 09-20-2009 at 03:13 PM.
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