On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Stephen Price <step...@perthprojects.com>wrote:
> Page turns on the Kindle app slide the page in the turned direction. Not a > bad experience. > Page turns on the Google Play (when reading ebooks) gives a nice page furl > slide animation. Really nice, slick and not overdone. This reader is my > favourite but the books you get on Google seem to differ to Amazon. More > novels, less technical books I think. I could be wrong. Google also seems > cheaper a little. > It's not the animation, it's the way e-ink seems to blur as it flips pages. It's a less pleasant effect on my eyes when reading a lot. AMOLED beats it hands down. > Page turns on Safari Online app. Atrocious. When reading online it > downloads the page (what no preloading?) and takes a second or two. > Annoying. If you download the book and read it in offline mode, I found > that turning pages will turn two pages at a time and it does it too fast. > You dont know if you changed one page or more. Not happy with this app, > which is a shame because of the number of books I can read on Safari > Online. Wish they would fix this. (have reported to them as a bug). > > THe other page turning comment on the nexus 7 I'd make is if you use the buttons, its easier to hold it left handed (and use fingers, rather than thumb) > PDF reading is also nice in the built in Adobe (I think I might have > installed their app). has continuous mode (vertical scrolling. no thanks) > or single page, similar animated slide like Kindle. Still prefer Google > Play reader. I'm sure there are others. soooo many others. Thats a plus, > you have choice. (mind numbingly confusing to despair choice.) > > > Does the vertical scrolling operate line by line or sub-character? Sub character is a nice effect, until you glance away from the screen. > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:25 PM, mike smith <meski...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Ian Thomas <il.tho...@iinet.net.au>wrote: >> >>> Does anyone use a Nexus 7 tablet as an eBook device? >>> >> >> Yes, I use it for 'American' published account (its difficult to change >> between Aussie and US accounts) >> >> Its a comfortable size to hold. >> >> >>> I can’t imagine it could compare with Kindle or other e-Ink devices in >>> extremes of ambient light >>> >> >> Why? It probably isn't good for full sun, but that's a bad reading >> environment anyway. It beats e-Ink stone cold dead when reading in the >> dark. :) >> >> Also, I like the faster page-turn you get with Nexus 7 and non e-Ink >> devices. >> >> >> >> – but I would be interested in comments.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> **Ian Thomas** >>> Victoria Park, ****Western Australia******** >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Meski >> >> http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv >> >> "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, >> you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills >> >> > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
