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Been reading on my iPad all day....as mentioned above, if I turn down the brightness, and tweak font, and size.....it is a very pleasurable experience!
Coupled with color, web browsing et al...and it really does rock. Pity Stanza is not an option, but I found that if I take my hoard, and convert it in Calibre to ePub, then save and import to iTunes Books, and sync....(Happy Hamster Dance....)
The whole bookshelf view is kind of cool..till I realized I had downloaded 100+ books, and now had to hunt and peck to find something to read..(Target rich environment...note to self...YOU CAN NOT READ 100+ BOOKS AT ONE TIME....LOL)
I LOVE my PRS- 505, don't get me wrong...2 weeks of reading on a charge, light weight, easy to travel with, durable with the cover closed, and such... But I have longed for a device that would let me read the 200+GB of CBZ, and CBR format in COLOR.....This is it...
It is a bit heavy, when compared to the 505...and requires a bit of a learning curve...(It took me a YEAR to transition from hardback/softcover books to the 505....and I fought it tooth and nail till I realized that I could take 2-3 months worth of reading on a carry on during travel then suddenly...I could not be parted with it...)
I see the same thing happening with the iPad as well, with the learning curve ramp up being much faster...(I have had an iPhone since day one, and have 3 generations of transition, jail-breaking, reader tweaking etc to use as a base...)
Overall, as a reader...I am VERY happy with it as a READER....much more so than with my iPhone with Stanza...(the iPhone is just TOO small to read on, except on a train, or sitting in a waiting room killing time...when my 505 is not at hand...)
I find myself picking up my iPhone now, and thinking iPad Nano???? I give the iPad 5 out of 5 stars as a reader...and then some for comic support, browsing, movies, and all the rest...
Am sure that MORE reading options will present themselves as Apps get added, and they jailbreak it...(And I will be jail-breaking it....)
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