LCD vs. e-ink

[Sil_liS]

Originally Posted by radleyp

You are right, I should have said "below".

My brain must be filtering out the signatures.
But out of curiosity: why did you prefer to have your devices listed in your signature, rather than the left side?

[radleyp]

I never thought about it. I think I just saw someone here or in another thread refer to his devices as listed on the left, so I assumed, mistakenly, that that is where mine must be as well. Now let me see how to put them on the left.

[desertgrandma]

User CP.......(on the left) edit your details(scroll down)..additional information........

And don't forget to hit "save changes"

[radleyp]

This is a test of my signature, as revised. Thanks for the help.

[LuBiB]

i actually came across this article just now. look at the comment made by the user "prawns" he gives a contrast level between TFT and eink. the article itself is originally about the new jetBook mini:

http://goodereader.com/blog/electron...-jetbook-mini/

[Salgueiros]

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

Depends on the age of the kid. There's a reason why books for toddlers/pre-schoolers tend to be printed on cardboard, as they suffer abuse and may be chewed more than read.

But for older kids the equation differs. And the best way to get a kid to love to read is set an example. My mom read to me when I was a kid, and I picked up the idea quickly. There are threads elsewhere on MR on kids and eReaders. My suggestion is read to your kid from a reader (possible with kid on lap watching screen. It's a short hop from there to shwong the kid how to open a book and turn pages. When the kid starts asking about getting their own device, you can start to consider it. Meanwhile, usage of a device is under supervision.
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Dennis

Those older "kids" are more like teenagers for me....

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by radleyp

Dennis, you turn off the backlight to read in daylight, what would be the effect of turning it up?

A brighter screen. It might make it readable outdoors, but that will depend on the ambient light level. Screen brightness is the largest single factor in battery life on devices like mine, so I normally set it as low as possible while still readable indoors. Some uses, like watching video, really need a brighter screen, and I increase it a bit for that.

My device gets recharged every night, so I seldom see the battery drop below a 70% charge, and if I'm traveling, a charger goes with me. I understand low battery consumption as a major feature of eInk, but I've been conditioned to top off regularly by PDA use: mine is one of the devices that keeps data in volatile RAM and loses everything if the battery totally discharges. The ebooks and most apps all live on SD cards, and it's backed up regularly, so recovering from an outage is an annoyance, not a disaster, but I don't need that sort of annoyance and make sure it doesn't occur.
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Dennis

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by Salgueiros

Those older "kids" are more like teenagers for me....

Define "teenager". I'm thinking about the "tween" market. Many of them already have cell phones and iPods, so a reader isn't a stretch. If the kid can be trusted to have/use a cell phone and/or MP3 player without loss/breakage, they should be able to deal with a reader.

I can see readers for even younger kids, but that will depend on the kid.
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Dennis

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by Maggie Leung

I'm on iPad and see no sig on your posts. Maybe that's an iPad problem. As much as I like the device, I don't think it's perfect.

Do you see a sig on mine? It's a simple
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Dennis

MobileRead is themable, and the theme you see on the iPad may drop user signatures to conserve screen real estate.

[Salgueiros]

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

Define "teenager". I'm thinking about the "tween" market. Many of them already have cell phones and iPods, so a reader isn't a stretch. If the kid can be trusted to have/use a cell phone and/or MP3 player without loss/breakage, they should be able to deal with a reader.

I can see readers for even younger kids, but that will depend on the kid.
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Dennis

Thirteen and up...less than that i think giving a ereader will not be a very popular option.

[Maggie Leung]

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

Do you see a sig on mine? It's a simple
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Dennis

MobileRead is themable, and the theme you see on the iPad may drop user signatures to conserve screen real estate.

Yup, I saw / see other sigs fine. Dunno which I don't see, of course. I didn't see radleyp's. I still don't see a sig for him / her, though I now see his / her device list on the left. As I understand it, a sig is some kinda personalized image or quote. Dunno whether that's accurate.[/quote]
And I had a brain fart: my signature isn't an actual board signature: it's embedded as message text. I don't use an actual board signature, so you should see it.

Like I said, I think you're using a MobileRead theme intended for mobile devices that drops board signatures to save space.
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Dennis

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by Salgueiros

Thirteen and up...less than that i think giving a ereader will not be a very popular option.

I'd draw the line younger, like 12. But it depends on the kid and the parent. Some kids can be trusted younger than that. See my earlier comments about getting kids reading in the first place, and in the process giving them the idea a reader is a device that can do that, and how you use one.
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Dennis

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by aagstn

I've compared the nook side by side with the Kindle 3 in store and the differences were much more minor than I imagined. Pearl is not something I would feel the need to buy a new device for and certainly not worth putting up with no ePub support for.

Besides the contrast difference, Pearl is faster to refresh the screen then the original Vizplex.

[mcooke66]

Originally Posted by Salgueiros

Thirteen and up...less than that i think giving a ereader will not be a very popular option.

I have 3 kids 9, 13 and 15

My 13 year old is begging me for a Nook because she reads about one adult novel every week. She has read like that since 4th grade.

My 9 year old has had a Nintendo DS $150.00 since she was 7 and both my older children had older models of this expensive electronic device at age 7. I have a nephew with an iTouch at age 6.

In today’s world of handheld electronics kids grow up with then and if you teach how they must be treated many (NOT ALL) can handle these devices at a very young age. My 9 year old is in 4 th grade and has been asking for cell phone for over a year because many of her friends have one. My older children waited until 6th grade and a few years ago that seemed totally reasonable, even in that short period of time I would guess 30% of her 4th grade class now have cell phones.

This week my youngest turns 10 and she wants an iTouch, she has collected all her birthday money and has enough. I have no concern getting her one, I do realize that I have a duty teach her how to take care of it.

I can totally see kids under the age of 10 using their parents NookColor to read children’s books and play games etc. I know every parent is different I would just hope that most of the posters stating that they do not see parents giving kids these devices actually are parents. I think they are very wrong, I also see the NookColor as more of a shared family device like a wii gaming console.

I forgot to mention my 15 year old son is allergic to books (apparently)

[astra]

Originally Posted by lack

looks like I can understand coldsun getting pissed on e-ink users. I'm getting the vibe that some e-ink users dismisses the idea that lcd(or any backlighted display tech) can be a proper reading device completely.

Personal preference?
Someone likes red, someone likes blue.
If you like red and get pissed off that someone else dismisses beauty of red colour and likes blue....you have got a problem. Intolerance? Anger management?

I, personally, don't care one bit whether someone likes to read off of LCD.
I just dismiss any LCD screen based gadget as potential ebook reader. It is my opinion.
A friend of mine said once that he will never pay more £100 for ebook reader. He believed it was not worth more. At the same time I paid £250 for PRS-500 and £220 for PRS-505. Utter disrespect to ebook readers and eInk technology! He was reading off of his palm/laptop/mobile phone. Should I have challenged him to a duel?