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I guess I am in the minority. I found that the eInk displays of these readers made for a poorer reading experience than reading straight off my iPhone with the
by Xurinos 16y ago
I guess I am in the minority. I found that the eInk displays of these readers made for a poorer reading experience than reading straight off my iPhone with the help of Stanza.
(1) I can read with the lights off.
(2) The default font is not as grating.
(3) I can adjust the brightness.
Without giving my preference, I had an older gentleman compare the experience of trying to read with both devices. He usually needs to wear glasses to read things close up, and even then, he has trouble making out words at times. To my surprise, he was able to read the iPhone text much more easily than the reader's text, and keep in mind that the iPhone text by default is fairly tiny -- smaller than the reader. I am guessing that the high resolution and the contrast helped him make out the letters.
I have not tried this on an iPad; I imagine it will be the same good experience as on the iPhone except with more of a book feel. On the other hand, I have no interest in an iPad any more than any other touch tablet. The iPhone was novel since it was a computer that fit in my pocket.
But the Kindle was a thumbs down for me with all its DRM limitations and the lack of reading improvement that was promised with eInk.
- 2mur 16y agoYes, but did the older gentleman get to adjust the Kindle's text size. That's a killer feature that has sold Kindles to 6 of my older relatives who have used mine for more than a minute or so. I read at the 2nd to smallest font (probably about 10pt) but you can adjust it up to what seems like 32 pts or more. Older readers really love that.
- Xurinos 16y agoTo be fair, the iPhone readers can also change the font size, the background and foreground colors, and so forth. We experimented. The real killer feature should have been the ease on the eyes of the eInk for long-term reading.
- johnyzee 16y agoWhat DRM? You can copy a Kindle book around as much as you want to.
- camiller 16y agoSo if I want to read it on my old Palm TX I can? No of course not because the DRM won't let me convert it into a format any of the eBook readers for the old Palm OS support.
- petercooper 16y agoThe default font is not as grating. This is a bugbear for me. Most Kindle books have poor typography slapped on them by the Kindle software (even on other platforms). While there are many who find e-ink vs LCD or battery life issues to be sticking points, the typography and layout are, perhaps, my biggest beefs. It takes all sorts I guess ;-) http://redubllc.com/2009/01/a-typographic-critique-of-the-kindle/ http://redubllc.com/2009/01/a-typographic-critique-of-the-ki... http://qwan.org/2009/05/17/kindle-typography-goes-craptacular/ http://qwan.org/2009/05/17/kindle-typography-goes-craptacula...
- Charuru 16y agoActually for me, the iPhone is a better reading experience than the iPad. The iPad and Kindle both are too big, and the iPad is too heavy. iPhone + Stanza is perfect.