OT tablet readers.

[James Finstrom]

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 at 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 at 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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