What 's the use of a ereader tablet really?

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

If I had to read on a phone, especially during the summer, outside, I think I'd rather listen to music.

That's why I love my YotaPhone 2: E-Ink screen on a phone.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

That's why I love my YotaPhone 2: E-Ink screen on a phone.

Did you buy another one? You broke the first one, didn't you? I guess that's a problem with a device that has a screen on both sides - you can't really keep it in a case! (I suppose you could use a sleeve, though.)

[Blas]

Originally Posted by frogmobile

Hi! I will play the Devil's advocate here: What the hec is all about a "liseuse" Ereader Kobo, Kindle and the like while one can read on so many types of screens including the faithful old smartphone? I tried to buy a Kobo but backed off many times while realizing it is expensive and the only REAL strong point is AUTONOMY. To be sure, those Kobo thing do last a long time before running out of puff but I circumnavigated the problem by buying a portable power pack (12 Amp) for my smatphone. My phone costed 69 Au$ and the power pack 12 Euro! Epub reader on the phone is very confy to use with black fonts on soft parchmen background (from the settings). Have a good afernoon.

I know I'm really late but I just wanted to share my opinion haha.

Well if you are used to read in a LCD screen so an Ereader wouldn't be a good option for you. The good point of using an Ereader at least for ME is cuz it's the closest way to read a PHYSICAL book. You won't have that annoying light from the LCD or LED screen(something that makes me lose focus) and you can read ALL the time, while your phone won't be wasting its battery.

If you like comics I would recommend a tablet cuz it's cheaper and you will have a colorful screen(if you read comics with color). I've been thinking, I will might buy a tablet for me(from China) to read my comics book, cuz I have a Kobo Touch and it's really small for comics. And it will be really expensive to upgrade to a bigger one soooo yeah tablet hahaha.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Blas

Well if you are used to read in a LCD screen so an Ereader wouldn't be a good option for you.

Why do you say that? Many of us read on LCD screens before eInk devices existed.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Did you buy another one? You broke the first one, didn't you? I guess that's a problem with a device that has a screen on both sides - you can't really keep it in a case! (I suppose you could use a sleeve, though.)

Yes, I bought another one (they were cheap at the time). I now have it in a 'bumper' case - plastic all around the edge, but the two screens are free.

[rem736]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Computer bird bear sky car paper fish sofa money freezer.

So what did I just say above? I decided to change the meaning of all those words.

it wouldn't be one person deciding. if a word is used in culture by A LOT of people to mean something else other than what it's been known for in the past, then its meaning will change in that culture. if it gets wide enough acceptance, it may even make it into the dictionary.

[Blas]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Why do you say that? Many of us read on LCD screens before eInk devices existed.

Yeah I know, but most of people that I know, go to eInk mostly cuz of the light(I mean the light that the LCD or LED has). I was one of those haha, I would have to print out the book to be able to read.

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

That's why I love my YotaPhone 2: E-Ink screen on a phone.

The only problem I have with it: it's too small (mostly too narrow).

[Dutchbook]

Isn’t the screen size comparable to the iPhone 6/7? If so, how much larger do you want the screen to get before it competes with the 6 inch e-readers?

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Dutchbook

Isn’t the screen size comparable to the iPhone 6/7? If so, how much larger do you want the screen to get before it competes with the 6 inch e-readers?

I think it's very dependent on one's age. 25 years ago I could (and did) happily read on an Compaq iPaq Pocket PC. Now I struggle to read on my iPhone 6 - it's just too small for sustained reading, although fine for most other uses.

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by Dutchbook

Isn’t the screen size comparable to the iPhone 6/7? If so, how much larger do you want the screen to get before it competes with the 6 inch e-readers?

No idea about how large the iphones are, I've only had Lumias. But I prefer a 4:3 or 16:10 resolution. And phones are a 16:9 (or even worse 18.5:9) resolution these day.

And it doesn't need to compete with a 6" reader, I'd be happy with a 5" one. The e-ink screen on the Yotaphone 2 is a 4.7" screen, but because of the different resolution, I find it too small (rather: too narrow).

[Little.Egret]

https://teleread.org/2017/10/05/brid...e-fire-tablet/

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

https://teleread.org/2017/10/05/brid...e-fire-tablet/

That article seems to imply that mobile devices and mobile apps only very recently became "useful."

[Philippe D.]

It also says Microsoft Word is a de facto standard for sending documents such as resumes. Whenever I'm on a hiring committee, the standard is most certainly PDF, not Word - and a candidate that sent Word documents would leave me a bad first impression.

I'd agree that Word is a de facto standard for sending documents that the receiver is supposed to modify, or for sharing. For sending a document that the receiver is only supposed to read, PDF is much, much better.

[MikeB1972]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Given that a hamburger is a beef patty is a bun, what would we call a burger made from ham?

Porkburger

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