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" <
jfinstrom@rhinoequipment.com>
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 <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz
>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
>>>
>>>
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