On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Richard Pieri <richard.pi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 12, 2011, at 11:57 AM, Bill Bogstad wrote: >> >> help some, but probably not enough. Since I hoped to read technical >> publications >> on my 'book' reader, I think I see a tablet of some sort in my future. > > Take a look at Kindle DX, the one that's roughly iPad-sized. It's actually > higher resolution than iPad/iPad2. I've found it to be most excellent for > reading technical docs, even the PDF ones.
If I'm going to carry something that big/spend that much money, I want something that isn't basically single purpose. Also, it also seems like Amazon may be orphaning the DX (my outsiders impression). Unfortunately, more general purpose tablets seem to be LCD rather then e-Ink with considerably worse battery life as a result. It looks like I'll wait for now. Or based on other messages in this thread, sell my Kindle 3 and finally get a smartphone instead. If they really work as well for reading fiction as a Kindle, I don't see any reason not to carry one less device. Bill Bogstad _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss