[Dylrob]

Originally Posted by ilovejedd

Aside from the potential eyestrain and heat issues if it's sitting directly on your lap..

Originally Posted by Idoine

I can say that it was a lot more straining for my eyes (due to the backlighting) than with my Cybook !

This is going way off topic, but something I've recently noticed is that the amount of strain my eyes feel can vary with different [transmissive] displays. My laptop LCD is actually the worst... even with the backlight turned down I find this screen difficult to use for more than a few minutes in a dimly lit room (and almost useless in the dark). My Saga's LCD is much better, at least when dimmed. But the best is actually my old matte desktop LCD. I can stare at this screen all day and night and it doesn't bother me much unless I'm tired.

I should note that on all three I almost always have my reader software setup with a black background and blue or green text. I find this cuts down a significant portion of the backlight glare.

Originally Posted by BillSmithBooks

I really believe the dominant ebook reading platform will ultimately be tablets (including slightly larger IPhone-ish/media player devices) and netbooks that handle a huge number of ordinary computing tasks and HAPPEN to read ebooks, too.

I agree with this as well. At least once the technology improves enough. Though even the release of 3Qi displays [hopefully later this year] might attract some percentage of those that would have otherwise considered a dedicated device (possibly including myself).