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Originally Posted by jupstin
This is true in general, but on a website called Mobile Read, I think it's fair to expect us to evaluate it primarily as a reader.
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I suppose. But it's one thing to talk about how well a Tablet does in it's reading functions. And another to try to hold it to the exact same standards as a dedicated reader and say it's useless because it doesn't have e-ink and two weeks of battery life. That's as dumb as saying the Kindle is useless because it doesn't do videos, game, e-mail or internet (worth a damn anyway).
Things have to be discussed with reference to what the purpose of the device is. If you just want to read novels, get an e-ink reader. If you're more into movies, net surfing, games etc., and just do some casual reading-with a lot of magazines, comics, newspapers, big PDFs etc.--then a tablet is probably more up your alley.
But again I think this is why we're going to need a Tablet subforum like there is for PDAs and smartphones.
People like me interested in Tablets would prefer to discuss them without all the hate from the avid readers and e-ink die hards.
And vice versa the e-ink die hards would like to be free from the "tablets will kill e-ink" nonsense.
There's plenty of room for both types of devices (and others) that display e-books. Better to have dedicated areas to end this repetitive bickering between people who can't see beyond their own needs in a device.
How many times do we have to have the debate about eye strain and battery life? If those are you key concerns, buy an e-ink device and stay out of threads about tablets. And vice versa, if you need something like this, stop going around bashing e-ink devices as happens here as well.