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Originally Posted by djgreedo
That may be true, but I think it points to a disadvantage of LCD. I've heard a lot of people say that the iPad screen can have its brightness adjusted, colours customised, etc. for more comfortable reading. But I prefer to just pick up a device and use it without having to set everything depending on various factors or what I'm doing with it. One of the benefits of most e-ink devices is that they are very simple and easy, intuitive. For reading that's what I want (and for the same reason I have a stand-alone MP3 player even though my phone can play music and video).
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That's one of the drawbacks/benefits to having a color screen (be it LCD). People have different preferences and the good thing is that hopefully they can be tailored to the individual if the software allows it. That means that if I have a preference for how bright and what colors and I can adjust, then the reading experience on an iPad would be better for me. eink however it a one size fits all. You either like it or you don't. Some people cannot stand the flashing and some people just deal becasue they like the screen enough otherwise.
It's all down to personal choice. For me, I can deal with an eink screen or an iPad screen easily enough. But I do find that when reading via an iPad, the brightness does have to be turned down (using iBooks) and for the Kindle App, I like the sepia setting on the iPad.