eReader Color?

anamardoll · 07-06-2011, 02:21 PM

It's time for another utterly silly poll!

* Note that this is about the color of your eReader device (i.e., the plastic that surrounds the screen and holds the guts in) and NOT about color eReaders (i.e., the Nook Color). Confusing!

anamardoll · 07-06-2011, 02:24 PM

I like white best, with a close second on the graphite gray stuff that the Kindles use.

theducks · 07-06-2011, 03:30 PM

Slate Blue

Pookeysgirl · 07-06-2011, 03:31 PM

Graphite Grey

Phogg · 07-06-2011, 05:34 PM

I get custom skins or silicon cases for all my electronic pocketable gadgets. Currently my Dell Streak and Sony PRS-350 sport skins with lightning against a red sky, and my Sansa Fuze is in red silicon and the pair of pop up speakers in my belt pack is also red.

I might be a little CDO.

anamardoll · 07-06-2011, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Phogg

I get custom skins or silicon cases for all my electronic pocketable gadgets. Currently my Dell Streak and Sony PRS-350 sport skins with lightning against a red sky, and my Sansa Fuze is in red silicon and the pair of pop up speakers in my belt pack is also red.

I might be a little CDO.

Bah. I'll see your OCD and raise it -- I can't keep a custom skin on my devices because either the skin doesn't line up PERFECTLY on the application, OR the bits of the cover that aren't covered by the skin drive me nuts until I pull the skin off.

OtterBooks · 07-06-2011, 06:03 PM

coffee brown imo.

anamardoll · 07-06-2011, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by OtterBooks

coffee brown imo.

Oooh, that'd be my choice, too. Which reader has that?

Phogg · 07-06-2011, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by anamardoll

Bah. I'll see your OCD and raise it -- I can't keep a custom skin on my devices because either the skin doesn't line up PERFECTLY on the application, OR the bits of the cover that aren't covered by the skin drive me nuts until I pull the skin off.

Maybe we will get true patterned Harry Potter ereaders in October.

I would like to get Kimmy one if so because I want to preserve the PRS-505 as a classic. I think those will be worth something in good condition fifteen or twenty years from now.

anamardoll · 07-06-2011, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Phogg

Maybe we will get true patterned Harry Potter ereaders in October.

I would like to get Kimmy one if so because I want to preserve the PRS-505 as a classic. I think those will be worth something in good condition fifteen or twenty years from now.

Really?

Usually electronics don't do well as vintage antiques. If for no other reason than because the batteries do drain out and by then no one makes them anymore. And the guts of most devices are pretty notoriously not Built To Last. (For various reasons, both good and bad.)

At least that's my understanding.

amward · 07-06-2011, 07:32 PM

I love my white eco eclipse but I will soon be picking up a pink Sony. I have only seen this on line so I hope I like it.

Phogg · 07-06-2011, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by anamardoll

Really?

Usually electronics don't do well as vintage antiques. If for no other reason than because the batteries do drain out and by then no one makes them anymore. And the guts of most devices are pretty notoriously not Built To Last. (For various reasons, both good and bad.)

At least that's my understanding.

Depends. Often batteries can be replaced with a compatable.
look at what a B&L turntable from the early 80s runs now. Or a functioning pinball machine from the late 70s

The trick of course is in correctly detirmining which devices generate the fond nastalgia to be a classic, kepping them functional, and of course living fifteen or twenty more years.

None of those is guaranteed, but the 505 is built to a standard of durability no longer found. Kind of like heavy steel cars from the forties. Its worth preserving just to have it, and to date it isn't even scratched.

wyndslash · 07-06-2011, 09:50 PM

snazzy orange ;D

Hellmark · 07-06-2011, 10:30 PM

I like the dark blue of my 505, but other than that I'd like black.

Purple Lady · 07-07-2011, 12:34 AM

Purple of course. I got a Decal Girl purple plasma skin for my 950 - shiny silver is much too bright.

View Poll Results: eReader color should ideally be...
White	7	7.78%
Shiny Silver	9	10.00%
Graphite Gray	31	34.44%
Black	33	36.67%
Other (Pink, Purple, Chartreuse, etc.)	29	32.22%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 90. You may not vote on this poll

07-06-2011, 02:21 PM	#1
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	eReader Color? It's time for another utterly silly poll! * Note that this is about the color of your eReader device (i.e., the plastic that surrounds the screen and holds the guts in) and NOT about color eReaders (i.e., the Nook Color). Confusing! Last edited by anamardoll; 07-06-2011 at 02:27 PM.

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07-06-2011, 02:24 PM	#2
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	I like white best, with a close second on the graphite gray stuff that the Kindles use.

07-06-2011, 03:30 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,929 Karma: 55705602 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Slate Blue

07-06-2011, 03:31 PM	#4
Pookeysgirl Wizard Posts: 1,705 Karma: 12696746 Join Date: May 2010 Device: K3, Kobo Mini	Graphite Grey

07-06-2011, 05:34 PM	#5
Phogg PHD in Horribleness Posts: 2,320 Karma: 23599604 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: In the ironbound section, near avenue L Device: Just a whole bunch. I guess I am a collector now.	I get custom skins or silicon cases for all my electronic pocketable gadgets. Currently my Dell Streak and Sony PRS-350 sport skins with lightning against a red sky, and my Sansa Fuze is in red silicon and the pair of pop up speakers in my belt pack is also red. I might be a little CDO.

07-06-2011, 06:03 PM	#7
OtterBooks Wizard Posts: 1,262 Karma: 2979086 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 4, iPad Mini/Retina	coffee brown imo.

07-06-2011, 07:32 PM	#11
amward Wizard Posts: 1,299 Karma: 2081110 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: SW Australia Device: Eco Eclipse, Sony PRS 350 (pink), Ipod Touch, Kindle Touch	I love my white eco eclipse but I will soon be picking up a pink Sony. I have only seen this on line so I hope I like it.

07-06-2011, 09:50 PM	#13
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	snazzy orange ;D

07-06-2011, 10:30 PM	#14
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,549 Karma: 3799999 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3	I like the dark blue of my 505, but other than that I'd like black.

07-07-2011, 12:34 AM	#15
Purple Lady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,698 Karma: 16542228 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pennsylvania Device: Huawei MediaPad M5, LG V30, Boyue T80S, Nexus 7 LTE, K3 3G, Fire HD8	Purple of course. I got a Decal Girl purple plasma skin for my 950 - shiny silver is much too bright.

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