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Sydney's Mom · 01-06-2010, 01:20 PM

I covet electronic gadgets as much as the next guy, but I don't understand this excitement over Microsoft/Apple tablets. For reading, I need to be able to have a charge whenever I might want to read, and the tablet isn't going to give me that. Even if I could ignore the eye strain, the battery seems to be the big issue vis-a-vis the ereader.

What am I missing? I would love to start drooling!

01-06-2010, 01:20 PM	#1
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,895 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	Isn't battery life the death knell for the tablet? I covet electronic gadgets as much as the next guy, but I don't understand this excitement over Microsoft/Apple tablets. For reading, I need to be able to have a charge whenever I might want to read, and the tablet isn't going to give me that. Even if I could ignore the eye strain, the battery seems to be the big issue vis-a-vis the ereader. What am I missing? I would love to start drooling!