Hi Simon, all, What's the screen like on the kindle? I gather most of these e-readers are grey scale, not colour, and use reflective rather than back-lit? I'm getting at that age where I need reading glasses when light is poor (or print too small) so I'm concerned about the need to have an external light on these devices; but I guess they'd still have a lot less glare than any back-lit device. Thoughts/comments ??
|-----Original Message----- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Simon Reed |Sent: Friday, 3 September 2010 11:33 AM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: Re: verdict on kindle/ebook reader? | |I've found the smaller Kindle near useless for technical books such as |Wrox/Apress in PDF format but you can easily convert to a more reader |friendly format using the Mobipocket software: |http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/default.asp?Language=EN |<http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/default.asp?Language=EN> |Also a lot of the new releases are available from Amazon in Kindle format |natively: |http://www.amazon.com/Professional-SharePoint-2010-Administration- |ebook/dp/B003TFE8T2/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&m=A24IB90LPZJ0BS&s=digital- |text&qid=1283477369&sr=1-5 |<http://www.amazon.com/Professional-SharePoint-2010-Administration- |ebook/dp/B003TFE8T2/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&m=A24IB90LPZJ0BS&s=digital- |text&qid=1283477369&sr=1-5> Given the shipping times and costs of the |physical copies I wouldn't go back, being able to do a text search across all |books on the device can be really handy also. | |Just my 2c | |Simon |
