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Originally Posted by mogui
I have had a long and comfortable love affair with Palm devices. I wanted them to take over the world, but it was not to be. I have read many ebooks on this screen:
Note that each line displays more than 30 characters with maybe 16 or so lines. If you are reading a newspaper or other material formatted into columns, it is a comfortable width. Some of the Palms had backlighting, and some did not.
I keep a Palm device at home in case I am caught short of a reading device. The reading software is free. I recently bought one for $5 in a thrift store. If you have a friend with a limited budget, pick up one of these with a cradle, download the Palm Desktop and reader software, download some books, and you have a great gift that will give untold hours of pleasure. |
Hmm, not sure if I'd be happy with only 16 or so lines... My PDA shows 25... One disadvantage of the Palm is that huge "touchscreen" buttons on the bottom. It takes waaaay too much screen way from real things.
But on-topic: I'd never buy a netbook, no matter the weight to use as an ebookreader. The keyboard would be a useless appendage that will always be in the way. Unless it's a convertible... I'd rather buy a tablet.