I read and travel a lot. I like the kindle better than my iPad because of battery life. I can go a month without charging my kindle.
That being said, you can't beat a tablet for magazines and tech books. -- gs On Nov 6, 2012, at 10:56 AM, Robert Merrill <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Nov 6, 2012, at 8:22 AM, "Jared W. Robinson" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 04:50:57PM -0700, Robert Merrill wrote: >>> But how's the screen look?!? >> >> To my eyes, it's nice, although I haven't used previous generation >> devices for more than a few minutes. I like it better when the back >> light is turned off, but it's nice to have the option to read in the >> dark. My wife likes it. > > Interesting. >> >> I think I'd rather have a full-featured tablet (like the Nexus 7) if I >> were to carry around a tablet-sized device. > > I love the kindles screen that we have but no backlight is occasionally > awkward. My iPad screen is very nice as well, I will admit and what I'm > usually reading on (because the kids are using the kindles). > > I love how light and hold able the kindle is though. Perfect size... The > bright screens of the fire, nexus or iPad, to me, are truthfully less > pleasing than the kindle screen. I can feel my eyes relax with the kindle... > Like reading a book. > > I look at AMOLED and LED screens far too much as it is. > >> - Jared >> >> /* >> PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >> Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >> Don't fear the penguin. >> */ > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
