01-26-2010, 10:06 AM | #31 |
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Hopefully the day will come when the creators of graphic novels and comics will realize that there's a market for works that are created and formatted specifically for e-readers.
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01-26-2010, 10:09 AM | #32 | |
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01-26-2010, 10:26 AM | #33 |
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Well, tomorrow's the big day! Has everybody got their credit cards ready?
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01-26-2010, 10:29 AM | #34 |
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01-26-2010, 10:33 AM | #35 | |
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a dual screen device would certainly not be prefferable to me. |
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01-26-2010, 10:35 AM | #36 |
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I've used apps that can can zoom in on and intelligently enlarge speech bubbles and panels, I'd certainly not call it an elegant solution. Maybe given the restraints that a small screen imposes it's the best solution you will get. But I certainly don't find it fun having to contantly zoom in on and and around pages. I see comics as an art form and they are written and designed so that you can take in more than just one panel at a time. But hey that's just me I'm always on the lookout for the perfect device. I guess I'll always be looking. And as always everyone has different wants/needs.
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01-26-2010, 10:37 AM | #37 |
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Hmm looks like I'll need to try and twist hubby's arm - yet again! I love being a housewife but now we're on one salary bigger purchases like this need to be justified. What can I sell, quick !!!
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01-26-2010, 11:29 AM | #38 | |
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but on the mini with the screen landscape i dont mind scrolling downa page as i read, its at almost 100% of an original comic page just that I can only see 100 of the width but 50% of the possible height at one time. scrolling down is a pretty natural way of reading it. |
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01-26-2010, 11:50 AM | #39 |
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These panels say it all. |
01-26-2010, 12:02 PM | #40 |
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Any speculation on battery life?
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01-26-2010, 12:05 PM | #41 |
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Agree. Don't know where the $1000 'guess' came from, but unless this thing is *amazingly* powerful I think it'll need to be sub-$500 to be successful. Maybe $600-but any higher than that & it's competing with fairly capable laptops.
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01-26-2010, 12:33 PM | #42 |
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01-26-2010, 12:37 PM | #43 |
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I think it's pretty unlikely that a 10" tablet (and that seems to be the commonly-accepted spec) could cost under $500, when the current top-end iPod Touch costs $400. Certainly you can buy a laptop for the price of an iPod Touch, but they aren't really trying to compete with one another. I would bet that the overwhelming majority of Touch owners also own a laptop.
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01-26-2010, 12:43 PM | #44 |
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Crap. I thought the announcement was today not tomorrow. Oh well.
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01-26-2010, 12:45 PM | #45 |
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Why? What's happening in 15 minutes?
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