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Originally Posted by EowynCarter
Comparing a potential mini iPad with e-reader ? I wouldn't think of comparing my archos 5 (in term of functions, that's a mini iPad) to my opus. I can read on both, they have about the same screen size (5"), but the reading on archos experience is no match for the reading on the opus one.
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I've been reading ebooks for nearly as long as they've been around, I've tried innumerable devices, and I ALWAYS go back to a dedicated ereader.
- First and foremost, trying to read on a 3" cellphone screen is at the very least annoying, page turns are almost constant. I want a 6" screen minimum, but 8" would be ideal;
- As already mentioned, lighting conditions are critical for anything with an LCD screen;
- battery life for LCDs is negligible compared to e-ink;
- cost, a dedicated ereader, since it does only one thing (but really, really well), is bound to be less expensive; and finally
- if I lose an ereader, I've still got my library on my desktop unit, whereas if I were to lose a tablet PC, there goes everything.
There are probably a lot more reasons than I've put here, and I have no doubt in my mind that many will argue with my reasoning, but I just CANNOT believe all these doom-and-gloom sayers out there when they predict that ereaders are going to go away. They are the best devices for doing what they're intended to do, I just can't see any of the new upcoming devices as a truly viable replacement.
Dan