Stephen, all of that accords with my wants, preconceptions, and habits. I'm predisposed to both Win8/RT and Surface. And I have light-sensitive eyes - first noticed when travelling by bus along Stirling Highway to uni after summer showers: the glare!
But I have read that there is a colour e-Ink / ePaper, ? Triton. The devices supporting this are most likely prohibitively priced, though. _____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Price Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 2:10 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Nexus 7 I do. Its great. I have a Kindle which I hardly use. (used the free internet from bali earlier this year). the lack of colour on the screen is the main reason. The Nexus 7 is colour, great battery, loads of apps (all the main ones are covered... most of them are on all of the various app stores). Oh and when you fall asleep it doesn't kill you when it falls on your face. (like iPads and other full size tablets tend to do). Even fits in my shorts pocket (have a pair with large pockets). I mainly got it to get through until a surface (or other suitable Win8 device) is out. I dare say it will still be my ebook reader even then due to its small size. Am hoping someone eventually brings out a Win8 device in the 7" size. As for ambient light, I'm a geek. I don't go well in direct sunlight. It affects my vampire tan. :) On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Ian Thomas <il.tho...@iinet.net.au> wrote: Does anyone use a Nexus 7 tablet as an eBook device? I can't imagine it could compare with Kindle or other e-Ink devices in extremes of ambient light - but I would be interested in comments. _____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia
