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I was previously very anti-phone reading. The things that have converted me: - high-res, larger-than 3.5" screen. - fast page turn, with configurable tap are
by kbutler 11y ago
I was previously very anti-phone reading.
The things that have converted me:
- high-res, larger-than 3.5" screen.
- fast page turn, with configurable tap areas
- realizing that reading vertical columns of text is better
- Night-time reading - At night, I can dim the display and enable light, amber colored text on a black background. This combination seems easiest on my eyes and on my sleeping wife. Better contrast and lower brightness levels are better.
- On-the-go, I always have my phone with me, but any other device or a paper book is another thing to carry around.
- Content availability - between ebooks, Pocket, PDF readers (yes, they're cumbersome on the phone), and web access, I have huge amounts of content available.
Down-sides:
- Battery life. All that content doesn't do any good if the battery is dead. Reading with a cord trailing out is less comfortable.
- I'd like the display to go dimmer. The kindle paperwhite goes really dim, but cannot invert video, so readability drops with the last few dimness settings.
- bryanlarsen 11y agoI'm a huge fan of phone reading, it's a lot nicer than e-ink screens, IMO. Besides the points you mentioned, I much prefer the smaller size of phones -- they require much less "eye scan", making it easier to read/process multiple lines simultaneously. The smaller size is also much more comfortable lying down. But the biggest difference is AMOLED. If you're going to read at night, AMOLED means that black pixels are completely black without any backlight glow. Don't use LCD screens for night-time reading. On android, there are many apps available to dim your screen below the lowest setting. I use Twilight.
- prawn 11y agoA big thing for me is for reading when travelling. With a physical book, I have to cart something bigger around with me. Reading on my phone, I don't have to carry anything extra. If I want to abandon one book for a while to read another, it's right there as well.
- sliverstorm 11y ago(the same goes for e-readers)
- robmcm 11y agoApart from > With a physical book, I have to cart something bigger around with me.