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Old 02-20-2010, 03:37 AM   #150
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Originally Posted by lene1949 View Post
I don't know anything about the science of 'seeing'..

I've read many paperbacks with very small writing, and I found that was straining my eyes...

In the dark I read on my ipod touch or Palm72, which are both backlit... During the day I read on my Kindle... None of these causes any eye strain as much as a poor paperback..
This just goes to show how different we all are. I had been using a Palm T3 and then PocketLoox N560 (Fujitsu-Siemends) PDAs for reading many moons before e-Ink devices hit the market. I never was happy with reading back-lit devices in the dark. The eye strain was just too distracting.
With PDAs it may have been the font size also that didn't agree with me. Mind you, I had no such problems reading off PDAs in normal light, although I still prefer e-Ink.
At the moment I'm using my wife's PRS-300 for bed time reading with a reading light, and have no issues.
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