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E-ink is still a much better screen for reading text than the iPad's LCD. Not only does it perform much better in sunlight, but the lack of a backlight reduces
by mlinsey 16y ago
E-ink is still a much better screen for reading text than the iPad's LCD. Not only does it perform much better in sunlight, but the lack of a backlight reduces eyestrain substantially (the Kindle iPad app has an option to use white text on a black background, which helps a little but nto completely). Back when I wasn't working on a startup I would often spend several hours at a time reading books on my Kindle, but that would be much more painful on my iPad.
Some formats are better on an iPad: periodicals (which can use more rich media and images), and technical books (code and diagrams render better, and the faster screen makes it much easier to flip through reference books). But if you spend lots of time reading books cover-to-cover, Kindle is easily the best device.
- nazgulnarsil 16y agored or green letters on a black screen would be even less of an eyestrain.
- infinite8s 16y agoThat explains why Bloomberg terminals have that strange color scheme.
- duck 16y agoSo if you read more technical/reference type books than fiction, would everyone recommend the iPad?
- mlinsey 16y agoI would, yes. Especially over the vanilla Kindle. At least the Kindle DX would support full-size PDF's without panning. But I still think the delay in page-turn times on e-ink would give iPad the edge.
- nzmsv 16y agoI was trying to decide between a Kindle DX and an iPad for reading PDFs. Ended up going with Kindle, and I'm loving it so far. The page turn delay has been much criticized, but it's actually faster than the older eink readers, even with the bigger screen. And the text looks beautiful. No comparison to LCD is even possible. When I got my Kindle, I thought there was a piece of paper stuck to the screen telling me to go plug it in. That was actually an image on the screen. But I'll concede that an iPad would have more functionality.
- mrkurt 16y agoThe iPad is better for technical books, with giant flaw. The screen shuts itself off pretty quickly. It's annoying to have it turn itself off while you have a page up you want to reference. It does this even in its dock. It's not enough to drive me back to a real book + book stand yet, but it's definitely annoying.
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