Girlfriend's dad is wanting an E-reader as he's going travelling soon. What's the best one to get at the moment?
for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.
Kindle and an Amazon Prime membership.
You should probably wait and see what happens with all this fraud lawsuit business
Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
I have the nook touch. Best $100 i've spent in a while. Read over a dozen books on it since I got it a couple months ago.
IPAD LOL
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"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
Good luck getting the battery to last for a full bookBrasso wrote:
IPAD LOL
Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
ive used a kobo a little, its nice but i think a kindle + amazon would be a better combo
do the other readers actually last a whole book? i didn't know that. i thought half a book for the ipad was pretty good :?FloppY_ wrote:
Good luck getting the battery to last for a full bookBrasso wrote:
IPAD LOL
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
the kobo could last you at least 4-5 books, if not more. the ipad has a totally different screen that saps way more battery
Fixed.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Kindle and a n Amazon Prime PirateBay membership.
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Because you don't get piratebay memberships?unnamednewbie13 wrote:
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for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.
my wife got a kindle fire from work today. i have no idea, it's charging now. but i will say, my Xoom has been pretty awesome, does everything and does it well.
I'd probably rather get one of the more e-papery kindles if I was going to read anything on it.
As somebody with both an ipad and a kindle, I'd say definitely one with an e-ink display. So much nicer to read on, much less eye strain. Also the battery lasts days and days, not a couple hours.
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The whole point of E-readers is that they (most of them) use E-ink displays that only use power when they cycle pixels, that's why the battery can last for so long...Brasso wrote:
do the other readers actually last a whole book? i didn't know that. i thought half a book for the ipad was pretty good :?FloppY_ wrote:
Good luck getting the battery to last for a full bookBrasso wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-ink
Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
I've got a kindle. Such a good purchase.
I have an iPad and a Sony E-Reader. The E-Reader shits all over the iPad for reading books - though the iPad menus and page transitions are much, much nicer.
The only thing the iPad is really good for reading is stuff in colour (I use it for comics). If you're just reading text it's far from being the most suitable device.
Personally, I prefer the Sony E-Reader over Kindles and all the others I've used. In many ways it seems the most basic - but it's much easier to reformat your books the way you like them and stuff like that. All the others manage to piss me off in some way and I quite like the way you open it like a book.
The only thing the iPad is really good for reading is stuff in colour (I use it for comics). If you're just reading text it's far from being the most suitable device.
Personally, I prefer the Sony E-Reader over Kindles and all the others I've used. In many ways it seems the most basic - but it's much easier to reformat your books the way you like them and stuff like that. All the others manage to piss me off in some way and I quite like the way you open it like a book.
This. Supposed to last 30 days with Wi-Fi off. I've read more books because of it than I would normally. I run out, download a new one straight away.Aries_37 wrote:
I've got a kindle. Such a good purchase.
I've had the 3g + keyboard kindle 2 for nearly a year now, and it was an awesome investment for reading books. I highly reccommend it for reading. I do not suggest you get the non-eink kindles with the intent that people use them to read. Battery life won't be as good, but primarily the eink is lighter in the hand and the display is significantly better for reading.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
I'd probably rather get one of the more e-papery kindles if I was going to read anything on it.
I normally read about 2 hours a day, 5 days a week (train commute), and the battery easily lasts 3 weeks with the 3g off on mine.PrivateVendetta wrote:
Supposed to last 30 days with Wi-Fi off.
I think I've charged mine 3 times in 6months. Used it quite a bit in the last 3 months.