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Kindles are cheap and light, if digital reading is your goal.
by goatlover 8y ago
Kindles are cheap and light, if digital reading is your goal.
- djhworld 8y agoI often read PDF versions of books (especially technical books) or PDFs of academic papers etc I've never been able to view these properly on a kindle. Well, last time I tried anyway, is it better now?
- jshevek 8y agoA foldable phone would be great for PDFs. I often want to flip between pages quickly, which Kindles still can't do.
- YUMad 8y agoSony DPT-RP1.
- Shorel 8y agoKobo Aura One seems to be the right size for your use case.
- photojosh 8y agoYep, I'm currently reading my EPUBs and PDFs on an ancient iPad 3. I researched a newer solution and settled on a Kobo Aura One (or perhaps the Forma which came out only recently) running the open-source KOReader [0], which is apparently much better than the built-in app on the Kobos. But I'm too cheap to upgrade while the iPad still works. [0] http://koreader.rocks http://koreader.rocks
- Marsymars 8y agoI have an Aura One that I love (probably around 2k hours of use on it), but the PDF experience (of anything that can't be converted to epub anyway) is not good.
- jshevek 8y agoKindles are not phones, the parent said "I want a phone that I can read books on, and spend quality time with..." A foldable phone may meet his criteria, a Kindle would not.
- jblow 8y agoRight ... the point is, I can do higher-quality reading without carrying extra devices around.
- rrix2 8y agoHow do you access the kindle when you're not at home?
- jshevek 8y agoBased on the voting pattern at this point, I think several people may have misunderstood his last comment. He is the original person to post in support of a better phone based reading experience, not the Kindle advocate. So he prefers to carry one device, and uses his phone to read.
- rrix2 8y agoYeah, I'll admit I didn't notice that. My apologies.
- lwkl 8y agoAnd it does‘t have any distractions on it. When I‘m reading on my phone I always get distracted by messages or googling something. Most of my books are still physical books. It‘s weird but I often buy books based on their cover.