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geneven · 10-31-2009, 03:20 PM

This is a very interesting topic. I typically read in bed, or couch. I am pretty nearsighted. When I read, I often remove my glasses and hold the reading material close to my face. It's not unusual for me to prop some pillows against a wall and put my head against them, holding EVEN A LAPTOP up in the air fairly close to my face while I lie on my back and read. I have often even typed messages on the keyboard in that position!

I also sit on the bed or couch as I am now, supported on one elbow, leaning over a laptop, even doing full ten-finger typing as I am now.

With my ebook reader, the Kindle 2, I read in the same positions, but holding the Kindle in the air is a lot easier than holding the laptop.

You can easily turn pages on the Kindle 2 from either side -- the only drawback is that the buttons on the right side have a selection for Next Page, but above that is a Home button. Usually to get back to the previous page you need to hit the Previous page button,which is only located on the left side of the device. The left side of the device also has a Next Page button.

So, sometimes when I want Previous Page, I accidentally hit the Home button on the right side, but that is an exceedingly easily corrected problem.

I would guess that though this is an interesting topic, it is easy to deal with most e-readers, and though one may have a tiny advantage over another, the big issues are things like quality of display or price of reading materials.

10-31-2009, 03:20 PM	#2
geneven Member Retired Posts: 124 Karma: 340 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Nokia N800, N810, Kindle 2	This is a very interesting topic. I typically read in bed, or couch. I am pretty nearsighted. When I read, I often remove my glasses and hold the reading material close to my face. It's not unusual for me to prop some pillows against a wall and put my head against them, holding EVEN A LAPTOP up in the air fairly close to my face while I lie on my back and read. I have often even typed messages on the keyboard in that position! I also sit on the bed or couch as I am now, supported on one elbow, leaning over a laptop, even doing full ten-finger typing as I am now. With my ebook reader, the Kindle 2, I read in the same positions, but holding the Kindle in the air is a lot easier than holding the laptop. You can easily turn pages on the Kindle 2 from either side -- the only drawback is that the buttons on the right side have a selection for Next Page, but above that is a Home button. Usually to get back to the previous page you need to hit the Previous page button,which is only located on the left side of the device. The left side of the device also has a Next Page button. So, sometimes when I want Previous Page, I accidentally hit the Home button on the right side, but that is an exceedingly easily corrected problem. I would guess that though this is an interesting topic, it is easy to deal with most e-readers, and though one may have a tiny advantage over another, the big issues are things like quality of display or price of reading materials.