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timothy
on from the one-that's-out-next-year dept.
jacob1984 writes "A few years ago there was a question about which e-reader was the best. Since then, the market has beenfloodedwithnewadditions, many of them more open than others. Have you bought one yet? If so, which one did you find best and why?"
Came here to see someone recommend the iPad.
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I came here to see someone recommend the iPad, inspite the fact that, It has orders of magnitude less battery life than a kindle & can't be used in direct sunlight and am leaving satisfied.
Re:Came here to see someone recommend the iPad.
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For someone that pretends to care about reading books your spelling and grammar are atrocious.
Re:Follow-up question: what's available in Canada?
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Paper.
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The iPad has iInk (which is just a revolutionary way of saying it has an LCD screen).
Featuring an easy to learn lift and turn interface, people can pick up a Book and just start reading! And Book has been specifically designed to interoperate with your existing Shelves(tm).
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"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
-- When you're afraid to download music illegally in your own home, then the terrorists have won!
Re:The Sony
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Math no workie... "I keep 200-300 books on it" and "averaged 1 book every week or two for the past 2 years". So you keep around twice-thrice the number of books you've ever read on it. Good call.
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I came here to see someone recommend the iPad, inspite the fact that, It has orders of magnitude less battery life than a kindle & can't be used in direct sunlight and am leaving satisfied.
Paper.
The iPad has iInk (which is just a revolutionary way of saying it has an LCD screen).
Featuring an easy to learn lift and turn interface, people can pick up a Book and just start reading! And Book has been specifically designed to interoperate with your existing Shelves(tm).
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
It's hard to imagine a feature more significant for an e-reader than running X11.
Personally, I would have said my deskjet printer. Reading on a computer is a serious strain on the eyes.
Palm trees and 8
Psh, real men read their technical manuals on a 65" Plasma Screen.
When you're afraid to download music illegally in your own home, then the terrorists have won!
Math no workie... "I keep 200-300 books on it" and "averaged 1 book every week or two for the past 2 years". So you keep around twice-thrice the number of books you've ever read on it. Good call.