It's kind of funny how my mind has changed when it comes to digital comics. I used to be totally against it and would sit in my room hugging my comic boxes while rocking back and forth saying, "Never give them up...never give them up..." Over the past year or so I have gone through some changes when it comes to the number of comics I own and digital comics look a lot more appealing. There is something cool about being able to store comics digitally and load them on a tablet of some kind, sitting in a comfy chair or in bed and reading without worrying about having a stack o' comics to deal with. The problem is that I am worried that I may not like the experience for reasons similar to Ed's. What if it sucks? So I am going to wait and see if there is another reason to justify the expense of a tablet.
It does look cool though. On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting. > Now, as I am mentioned before, I have a Pandigital Novel 7" "tablet" that I > have loaded Android on that Pandigital has actually provided via their site. > I have been using it to read digital comic books but I don't find it an > enjoyable experience. Maybe it's mostly because I'm old and partially blind > but I have a very difficult time reading comic books on the 7" screen. > Sometimes the word bubbles are just too small to read and I usually have to > magnify it via the application I use (Android Comic Viewer). > Now, using the ComiXology app may be a little bit of a different > experience. I meant to post this earlier but I've been slammed today at > work. I posted a video of the ComiXology app over on my G+ account earlier > this morning but this was something I experienced on my PC with a 22" > monitor and also on my media PC plugged into my 37" LCD TV monitor > yesterday. This video is from my PC with the 22" monitor: > > http://bit.ly/qiXrOH > > I guess I will try reading the Firestorm comic later today on ComiXology on > the 7" Pandigital to see if the experience is different. I tried yesterday > before reading the issue on my TV but it would never download to the > application on the Pandigital. I'm sure it would have eventually but I was > too impatient. > > ---------------------------------------- > Have a Better One, > Edward Crosby > http://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Apparently DC thinks the Kindle Fire is perfect for their comics. >> >> >> http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2011/09/29/dc-entertainment-digital-graphic-novels-available-exclusively-on-the-newly-announced-kindle-fire/ >> >> On Sep 28, 1:41 pm, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I like the pricepoint, but at 7" I think it will be too small to be a >> > comic reader, which is the main thing I am looking for in a tablet. I >> > believe Ed has said in the past that the 7" is passable but not good >> > for comics. >> > >> > On Sep 28, 10:31 am, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > > Haters gonna hate... >> > >> > > Sent from my iPhone >> > >> > > On Sep 28, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > > The running joke with the St Pete geeks is that Jen and my Droid X >> phones are tablets due to their size...(grumble grumble, iPhone devotees, >> grumble grumble) >> > >> > > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > > Still too small. >> > >> > > >http://engt.co/pHWFkB >> > >> > > > Why must these manufacturers continue to build and sell a 7" device >> and call it a tablet? It may be perfect for reading books but for tablet >> functions a device needs to be at least 10". >> > >> > > > ---------------------------------------- >> > > > Have a Better One, >> > > > Edward Crosby >> > > >http://about.me/edwardcrosby >> > > > -- >> > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >> > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> . >> > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// >> groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> > >> > > > -- >> > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >> > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> . >> > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// >> groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.-Hide quoted text - >> > >> > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- This post/e-mail was written by Michael Bailey, Superman Apologist -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
