I'm intensely curious about this question. In many of the pooh-poohing reviews of/responses to the iPad, I see a lot of them that tread ground similar to this:
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No eInk? Backlit LCD? What is this, 2004? Talk about a complete FAIL for a reading device--good luck with that. One-way trip to headache and eyestrain city. Jeez, Apple will foist anything on their sheeple customers. Why would anyone buy one?
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I'm one of those apparently lucky folks who doesn't seem prone to eyestrain from backlit displays. I'm also someone who prefers to read in dimmer light, which tends to be fine for actual paper and LCDs, but
terrible for all the electrophoretic displays I've tested (PRS-500, PRS-505, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, Nook) thanks to their comparatively low contrast, and, sometimes, proclivity toward screen glare.
Of all the e-reading devices I've owned (been reading ebooks--many dozens--on backlit devices since my original greenscreen LCD Palm 5000 in 1998ish), my absolute runaway favorite is my iPhone 3G. As a result, an iPad, being a larger implementation of the same hardware and software combo, is likely to hit me right where I live, and I can't wait to grab one.
I'm very glad to see a few others here who are like me and don't have a problem with backlit LCDs for reading. I do wish I could find some sort of study re: propensity for headaches, eyestrain effects, etc., and that corrected for ergonomic factors like posture and ambient lighting.