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Old 04-28-2011, 02:16 PM   #31
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I read both prose novels and comics.

EInk is superior for prose, LCD is superior for comics: I have both because different screens fit different needs.
This is a sound position. Personally, I think coolness is almost always an irrelevant consideration.
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Old 04-28-2011, 03:42 PM   #32
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Color LCD has been around for AGES. E-ink - now that's cool!
Actually, everyone I showed my Kindle to who hadn't already seen one was blown away by the e-ink...people were much more impressed by that than by my iPad 2, simply because it's so different from LCD, so clear,...and because you can't get a good idea of what it really looks like until you see one in person, as looking at a picture of an e-ink screen on an LCD screen doesn't quite translate.
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Old 04-28-2011, 03:46 PM   #33
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Having a reader is cool per se, as it means you are so dedicated to your reading to have a dedicated reading device
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Old 04-29-2011, 07:29 AM   #34
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A long LONG time ago, I took a B&W photography class at the local college. The professor tried to encourage us to see the world in VALUE instead of COLOR. He said something to the effect that "color is almost vulgar in it's flamboyance" - IDK, it just stuck with me. I don't do any B&W photography now, but I absolutely love to look at really good B&W photos, ink drawings, monochromatic paintings.

And when I want to relax, I want to look at a soothing B&W page of text - not a jumpy, flashy, ad-laden LCD screen (my computer).
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Old 04-29-2011, 10:11 AM   #35
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Cool To ask means you ain't ..................
No, it needs to do what you want it to do, and satisfy as many of your requirements as possible.

If one of those requirements (presumably) is for it to look cool, then,
in my humble opinion.......... you aren't !
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I don't think so, at least not for me. Besides, that's what covers are for. I actually don't want my Kindle to look any more "interesting" because its current appearance allows it to disappear while I'm reading. I've been wanting a skin for it (the kind that also goes over the keys) but it's hard to find one that's not obtrusive.
I love Gelaskins! They are very artistic and rather cool, if I say so myself. I'm currently using this one: Forever Lost by Phillip Straub.
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I love Gelaskins! They are very artistic and rather cool, if I say so myself. I'm currently using this one: Forever Lost by Phillip Straub.
Oooh, I really like that one!
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Oooh, I really like that one!
Yeah, I thought it was pretty cool.
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