I just use the kindle app on my droidX. It does fine for me and it has a grey on black that nice and low key. On Dec 5, 2010 12:48 PM, "James Finstrom" wrote: > I think as far as "Just a book" the kindle and related devices are the way > to go. After spending about 4 hours with each of these devices I think the > cruz is a mile ahead of the novel. In the end it is like looking at a > computer from the book aspect. I don't like reading off a screen so they > both kinda fail there. The default app on the novel has a night mode that > inverts the text to white on black. Sending a good amount of my day in a > console I sorta dig this feature as my eyes are tuned to white on black. > > The overall processing power on both is lacking. Tried to play Angry birds > and it was full of fail. I am still playing. > > -James > > > > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: > >> I am curious about your experiences with tablet readers. I have a Kindle >> and love it, but I am interested in the greater capabilites of a tablet. >> Part of the hype that differentiates the tablets from the e-ink devices is >> the following. E-ink advocates say that reading a tablet can cause more eye >> strain than an e-ink device because the brightness of the screen does not >> vary with the ambient light. They analogy they use is "like having a >> flashlight shining in your eyes." Since e-ink devices depend on ambient >> light (ie are a reflective light technology), they are more like reading >> from a page of paper than a computer screen. Have you had any issues reading >> for a long time with tablets? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Mark >> >> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 8:12 AM, James Finstrom < >> jfinstrom@rhinoequipment.com> wrote: >> >>> So I was wanting a kindle then my interest was sparked by these readers >>> running andriod. Picked up a pandigital novel but turns out they are not >>> that great. After about 4 hours of playing took it back and picked up the >>> velocity Cruz reader. Out of the gate it looks like they want you to hack >>> this thing. They have things in place to accommodate such a cause. So if >>> your out looking at cheap readers that allow play time >>> I definitely recommend you avoid pandigital and check out the cruz. >>> >>> -- >>> James Finstrom >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>