For me, I can grab the damned thing and have all my reading material with me. I'm the kind that impulsively takes four books on vacation. I also like reading from that unlit low contrast screen. I find it to be very easy on the eyes. I also us the Kindle app on my iPod Touch and it works fine, but then again I don't read for as long when using the ipod. One huge difference is the battery life. The Kindle can go for a week without a charge. It can survive international travel in a way my laptop and ipod can't. This will be the hardest feature for a non-dedicated reader to emulate.
BTW, the built-in browser is terrible. Part of me thinks this is deliberate since it effectively gives you free wireless service, and Sprint may only want it to be so good. -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Keith Whaley Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 7:29 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Down the memory hole ... P. J. Alling wrote: > I don't know, I've not been particularly impressed with the dedicated > readers I've seen. I've been reading documentation on computer screens > for the past 15 or 20 years, since Microsoft stopped printing bound > manuals anyway, and a good monitor works well enough. A discussion point ~ or two. My reading "style" if I can call it that, is desirous of a physical book in which I can access previous chapters, pages, etc., at my leisure, for reference, or any other whim... Not always, but often enough that being denied that instant, random ability to go back to what I read before seriously hampers me! I've always read that way. On occasion, I'll serial read a book, cover to cover, and never go back to re-read anything. But not very often. The one advantage I find my Kindle very useful for, is reading in bed! I always read until I get sleepy, and having a Kindle full of reading material is a big advantage. No more end table or dresser piled up with reading material, usually paperback sized books. I fully recognize the folly of buying (and downloading) a Kindle book, and later deciding I like it enough to want my own hard copy available, so I go out and buy one! Now I have two! One on the Kindle, one in my bookcase. Sounds pretty lame to me too (!), but I don't expect that to happen often. Just with select books... Bottom line? I guess I'm in the process of trying to get used to a reader like the Kindle; something I couldn't imagine my doing not too long ago. Had my first Kindle not been a gift, I'm not sure the inclination would ever have grown large enough to buy one for myself. Do I even WANT to get used to it? I think so. It definitely has it's utility... Just some random stream of consciousness dialog, for what it's worth... :-D keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
