Thanks Ken, So what are the plus sides of not having a back-lit screen? Longer battery life; lighter; less glare etc ? Generally speaking are they easier on the eye to read in a well lit room?
|-----Original Message----- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer |Sent: Friday, 3 September 2010 12:35 PM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: RE: verdict on kindle/ebook reader? | |You definitely need external lighting if it's dark. However both devices I had |(Sony and Kindle) have a number of zoom options (the kindle has about 6-7 |levels of zoom). E-book formats are design to be re-flowable (like HTML) so you |can easily zoom in/out | | |Cheers |Ken | |-----Original Message----- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy |Sent: Friday, 3 September 2010 10:32 AM |To: 'ozDotNet' |Subject: RE: verdict on kindle/ebook reader? | |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 ||
