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Originally Posted by lilac_jive
Agreed. I think it's a good solution for people who don't read a lot, but want to every once in a while.
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I don't know how you qualify "a lot", but I read on my literally iPhone every day, and read 3-5 books per month. For me, having one device is the key factor, and the screen doesn't matter that much... I read the same amount on my Windows candybar smart phone for two years or so (was that screen even QVGA? -- the screen was maybe 1.5"x2.5").
The big trade off to me is not so much the screen but the battery life... I like the idea of eInk but have never used it so I'm not missing anything.
To those that say they "couldn't" read on a iPhone -- I finally got my wife, who used to say the same thing, to try reading on her iPod Touch, and she's hooked. The big plus for her being that it's so much easier to read in bed. And now she's in fact reading more.
Anyway, I've been reading on PDA's and phones for years and have no plans on looking back. The iPhone feels like a good compromise to me -- one device, reasonable screen size.