An eBook allows one to adjust the size of the text for those OLD eyes.;) As an example I have a Bible reader on my phone. I can with a couple of taps find a passage. Where as with the real thing I fumble thru the pages.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee Larson Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:08 PM To: Macintosh topics Subject: Re: [MacGroup] Here is the stream of the SDK event from yesterday On Mar 19, at 11:33 AM, Marta Edie wrote: > But what happens to us, who do like to stroke the book covers and > delight in the feel of the linen and the print and the long rows on > book cases. I grant the Kindle is marvellous for travelling, I am > just reading Ovid's Metamorphoses on my iPhone, a free download. The > Kindle sounds lovely -- with reservations. I guess I'm more concerned with content and accessibility than form. As prices fall, interfaces improve and content migrates it won't be long until most people prefer the new way of reading. Some examples come to mind. My grandmother used to nostalgically recall the wonderful fountain pens she was given as a graduation present. I noticed she always used a ball point pen because it was cheap and easy. (The "wonderful" fountain pens needed to be filled with ink and cleaned. They sat in a drawer.) I have several audiophile acquaintances who love their old LPs and fondly talk of the "warm" sound they give. Several researchers have pretty conclusively shown the "warm" sound comes from a combination of turntable rumble and manufacturing limitations inherent in vinyl pressing. _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be March 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
