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Charbax · 03-07-2010, 05:51 PM

I think Android tablets like the Archos 5 Internet Tablet with Android will be perfect for e-reading, just not before Pixel Qi becomes the default screen technology for all capacitative or wacom touch tablets.

For now, I wouldn't read whole books on my Archos 5 Internet Tablet, but it's the best device for pocketable web browsing, pocketable video playback and pocketable Android based multimedia experience in General. I use it with my 80€ unlocked Huawei 5830 Mifi pocket router for 3G access to the web, emails, podcasts and for watching Colbert Report, Daily Show or whatever movies I have on it anytime I am in public transportation, in waiting rooms and even at work, school or whatever.

It's only $249 in Radio Shack for the 8GB version, I think that is great value: http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=3843254

But again, I wouldn't recommend any non Pixel Qi LCD based devices for reading a lot of text. Any LCD that is not Pixel Qi powered is basically like staring into a light bulb, and when you want to read a lot, you don't want there to be light emitted directly into your eyes from the LCD screen. So wait for Pixel Qi if that is what you are looking for. Until then, I think that the only viable solution is e-ink through USB or e-ink that would somehow synchronize with LCD based devices over WiFi, 3G or Bluetooth, or that would then like the Entourage Edge, like the 1Cross Tech MIDhybrid or like the Astri, that would integrate both e-ink and LCD in the same device.

I am not the e-book format expert, but I can't imagine that Android software like Aldiko or FBreader would be really terrible for e-reading? A reason for there not yet being perhaps perfect e-reading software for Android I think simply would be because the Pixel Qi hardware is not yet available. Once Pixel Qi arrives in all Android tablets, then obviously the Android based e-reading software will be perfected.

03-07-2010, 05:51 PM	#2
Charbax Addict Posts: 203 Karma: 550683 Join Date: Mar 2007	I think Android tablets like the Archos 5 Internet Tablet with Android will be perfect for e-reading, just not before Pixel Qi becomes the default screen technology for all capacitative or wacom touch tablets. For now, I wouldn't read whole books on my Archos 5 Internet Tablet, but it's the best device for pocketable web browsing, pocketable video playback and pocketable Android based multimedia experience in General. I use it with my 80€ unlocked Huawei 5830 Mifi pocket router for 3G access to the web, emails, podcasts and for watching Colbert Report, Daily Show or whatever movies I have on it anytime I am in public transportation, in waiting rooms and even at work, school or whatever. It's only $249 in Radio Shack for the 8GB version, I think that is great value: http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=3843254 But again, I wouldn't recommend any non Pixel Qi LCD based devices for reading a lot of text. Any LCD that is not Pixel Qi powered is basically like staring into a light bulb, and when you want to read a lot, you don't want there to be light emitted directly into your eyes from the LCD screen. So wait for Pixel Qi if that is what you are looking for. Until then, I think that the only viable solution is e-ink through USB or e-ink that would somehow synchronize with LCD based devices over WiFi, 3G or Bluetooth, or that would then like the Entourage Edge, like the 1Cross Tech MIDhybrid or like the Astri, that would integrate both e-ink and LCD in the same device. I am not the e-book format expert, but I can't imagine that Android software like Aldiko or FBreader would be really terrible for e-reading? A reason for there not yet being perhaps perfect e-reading software for Android I think simply would be because the Pixel Qi hardware is not yet available. Once Pixel Qi arrives in all Android tablets, then obviously the Android based e-reading software will be perfected. Last edited by Charbax; 03-07-2010 at 05:59 PM.