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10-20-2011, 09:08 AM | #107 |
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10-20-2011, 09:17 AM | #108 | |
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The Vox, Color, and Fire are all LCD ereaders with pretty much the same features and capabilities. B&N started the color ereader thing a year ago and has had great success with it. This year, Amazon and Kobo are joining in to get a share of that market. |
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10-20-2011, 09:18 AM | #109 |
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B&N rolled the dice and produced a successful product in the Nook Color. It stands to reason that Amazon, Sony, and Kobo would try similar products for some market share. Clearly, there is a niche for this type of reader/tablet.
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10-20-2011, 09:26 AM | #110 | |
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I get that it's variable from person to person, but to me the whole 'eyestrain from lcd' was largely something you only heard after E-Ink hit the market. It was a selling point for them even if no one actually tested the theory. Vox is looking good for me. |
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10-20-2011, 09:29 AM | #111 | |
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LCDs are a bit easier on the eyes than CRTs, but there's still some eyestrain issues there. Some folks even have eyestrain issues on LCDs that they don't on CRTs at high refresh rates (kind of the opposite of the norm, but it depends on the eyes). Especially with backlit devices in a dark room. The whole "flashlight shining into your eyes" thing. |
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10-20-2011, 09:38 AM | #112 | |
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Edit: I actually read primarily on my phone now (HTC Desire) and I use the Kobo app set to 'night mode' which is black background, white text. I don't even have to turn the backlight down, though I did when I was still using my RCA/EBW. |
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10-20-2011, 09:40 AM | #113 |
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there's two issues with LCD's.
Eyestrain is a possibility. however with a good quality LCD it's much less. a good IPS display will generally cause very little to know eye strain. However, using a cheap panel, can cause more. Its still unknown with this AFFS+ panel. I'm excited to see how it performs. I'm still waiting for a tablet that uses switching e-ink LCD. when this is released ona tablet, it's game over. http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/v...d-at-computex/ The biggest concern that reading on an LCD is evidence that bright light shined directly into the eyes (such as LCD's use), cause certain portions of teh brain to remain active longer. Reducing your ability to get a good nights sleep. So reading before bed on an LCD for long periods of time could have detrimental affect on your sleeping schedule . |
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10-20-2011, 11:40 AM | #115 |
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question; despite not having access to the native google app store app on the vox, that shouldn't stop you from being able to open a web browser, going to google's app store's web page and downloading apps from there, right? Android is still pretty new me, so I may be completely off base, despite it sounding logical
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10-20-2011, 11:51 AM | #116 |
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Psyke; from what it looks like, the android on the Vox will not be customized at all or locked. so any google apps should sideload normally if you dont want to use the app store they've decided to go with.
I'm wondering if since it's open, there's nothing preventing you from installing the standard app store anyways |
10-20-2011, 12:00 PM | #117 | |
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As long as the Vox doesn't disable the "Allow Unknown sources" option of Android, any apk the hardware supports should be installable via SD. |
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10-20-2011, 12:51 PM | #118 | |
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If the Vox really does offer an unlocked version of Android, I might buy it just for that as I have no other Android devices. |
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10-20-2011, 12:57 PM | #119 |
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another thing about lowered backlight brightness is that it will increase battery life, and, quite honestly, unless you need it (movies, games), you can usually get away with having the backlight almost down to its minimum setting, particularly at night; my blackberry is down to Zero and I can see it perfectly fine, even outdoors during the day.
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10-20-2011, 01:51 PM | #120 |
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I always have my brightness set down to zero on my phone. It really does help with battery life. I find reading on a dark grey background with black text saves me any eye strain. I read in the dark though.
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