Agreed that eink is a much better screen for reading text. I only
brought this to the collectives attention because not everyone has the
money to spend on a dedicated ebook reader but have a netbook. I have
neither myself but it seemed like a neat trick.
On 2/23/2010 8:27 PM, Greg Sevart wrote:
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.
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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
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