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Old 04-04-2010, 07:48 PM   #22
Elfwreck
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Originally Posted by cearbhallain View Post
No one has yet mentioned reference books. I have a few in my collection, and I cannot see how the current devices could help me access the particular bits better than a tab in a physical book made with a post-it. Sometimes you just need to grab that book, open to the tab, and then go straight to the back where the foot-notes are.
None of the current mobile devices are good for reference books, and most of them are downright awful.

Ebook readers are good for linear text; they haven't evolved for dealing well with much else.
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