I suppose it's interesting, but it misses the biggest (and IMO, absolutely gigantic) advantage that a real eBook reader has, that neither netbooks nor the upcoming iPad do: use of reflected light. A backlit screen is awful when reading long passages of text, and the E Ink used by the Kindle, Nook, etc therefore make them superior platforms for this purpose.
There are other advantages as well (battery life, built-in cellular network, etc), but the use of a backlight is a showstopper for me. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske > Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 4:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [H] How To Turn A Netbook Into A Full Page eReader > > > Here's an interesting Tech Tip I got from Geeks.com. I thought it > would be interesting to those thinking of buying an Apple tablet or > Amazon Kindle or Sony etc. Not ready to give up paperbooks myself but > eReaders are pretty big news this year so far and lots of peeps have > Netbooks. > > > > > How To Turn A Netbook Into A Full Page eReader > <snip>
