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12-02-2009, 11:56 AM | #17 |
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12-02-2009, 12:24 PM | #18 |
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More of what, exactly? I have a laptop, and reading books on it is a pain even indoors, let alone outside, especially in bright sunlight. A netbook certainly gets you more for you money - more of features you don't really need in a reading device. And the one crucial feature - ease of reading - is missing. It's like saying one shouldn't buy a motorcycle because you get more for your money buying a car. They are two different things designed for different purposes.
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12-02-2009, 12:57 PM | #19 | |
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She doesn't want to purchase books anywhere else BECAUSE she is not tech-savvy. I thought about getting her a Sony, because I love mine...but know that hooking up a reader to a laptop and transferring books is more than she would want to do. P.S. I have her on my account so we can share books just as we have for decades. And unlike paper, it doesn't require boxing them up and mailing |
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12-02-2009, 01:59 PM | #20 | ||
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I do read with my netbook in bed. Admittedly, it's not as easy as with my EZ Reader. I want a tablet PC too, but I have the same problem as you do, the price. I'm hoping next year brings a few slate type devices with lower prices. Quote:
Chris says that sure Apple's going to release a tablet. After they decide what is "wrong" with every other tablet on the market, fix those problems, add a "gee whiz" factor,and then mark it up about a thousand percent. He's probably right. He usually is about these things. |
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12-02-2009, 03:12 PM | #21 | |
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But I don't understand what you are arguing about, since you also agreed with me in the middle of your paragarph. You get more for your money buying a netbook. Is it a greater value? Would I recommend everybody buy a netbook over an eReader. NO way, value is a personal opinion, heck look at my sig, I OWN two ereading devices. I think they are great for what they do and have value. But I also recognize that I would get more buying a PC/netbook with the same amount of money. Ereaders are overpriced, and I agree with several predictions out there that eReading devices will continue to get cheaper esp. the single function devices. =X= |
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12-02-2009, 04:06 PM | #22 |
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You get more of the things you don't need in a reading device. And you don't get the things you absolutely need in a reading device. Formats, annotation etc is all secondary to just being able to read in comfort, from a device that almost fits into your pocket, in any lighting conditions, for days on end, without worrying about your battery dying. So if you are buying a netbook as a reading device, you get LESS for you money, not more. Value is relative. As a reading device, no netbook is a good value for money, even if it costs 50 bucks, because they are just crappy reading devices, without exception.
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12-02-2009, 04:30 PM | #23 | |
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Yeah, I still want something with a tablet/slate form factor, or something like the Entourage Edge (with better specs and without 90% of that bezel, and running Windows). But "crappy"? No, far from it, FOR ME...so I guess that makes me your exception. |
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12-02-2009, 05:42 PM | #27 |
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Bah, bottom line is I don't want to carry a netbook around and read off LCD all the time.
Concentrating on a single document displayed on e-ink is much easier. At their cheap price point e-readers have a very valid niche until tablets with very high resolutions (which are great to read off) appear. |
12-02-2009, 05:46 PM | #28 |
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In that case you must be the proud owner of one of those new transflective screens which you can read in sunlight for more than several minutes without doing your eyes in. I envy you. Or maybe you haven't actually tried for more than a few minutes? Because it's a scientific fact that current LCD's can't pull off even 1:1.5 contrast in sunlight, which is NOT good enough for reading.
Well a farmer might find that his old banger is good enough to lug sacks of potatoes around, but that still doesn't stop it from being an old banger. I just refuse to accept that there are no reasonable standards for a device aiming to replace a pbook, and that all such standards are subjective. |
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