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Started by Rumckle, October 15, 2011, 04:05:06 AM

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Luna

#15
October 15, 2011, 08:47:25 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on October 15, 2011, 08:25:11 PM
Quote from: Alty on October 15, 2011, 08:17:52 PM
The e-ink touchscreen works very well.

How do you avoid getting e-ink all over your fingers?

Delicate, ladylike gloves.
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"My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know, everybody you see, everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake, and they live in a state of constant, total amazement."

Quote from: The Payne on November 16, 2011, 07:08:55 PM
If Luna was a furry, she'd sex humans and scream "BEASTIALITY!" at the top of her lungs at inopportune times.

Quote from: Nigel on March 24, 2011, 01:54:48 AM
I like the Luna one. She is a good one.

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Juana

#16
October 16, 2011, 03:24:40 AM
The FoxIt eSlick is...eh. the screen (also e-ink) is like reading a paper page almost and the battery is good, but it only handles pdfs, rich text, and one or two other really super basic formats. Images are iffy, and it's ONLY black and white. Customer service is quick but awful, the forum isn't very useful, and the cord makes things slow as HELL to load. But you can use the SD card to load elsewhere and the wall jack it comes with is really neat (you can take it apart, which is really useful).
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Don Coyote

#17
October 16, 2011, 04:01:32 AM
currently on my 3rd kindle. the first lasted nearly a year,the second a few weeks. it's nice, and if your kindle craps out, you can easily get a replacement sent to you for free with free shipping of the borked one.

if you are planning on using an ereader for texts books you might look into the kindle deleux. huuuuge screen, but it's pricy.

Luna

#18
October 16, 2011, 04:04:18 AM
The new one is color.  I'm waiting to hear how the screen looks, if it's still relatively glare-free, and if it chews the battery life.
Death-dealing hormone freak of deliciousness
Pagan-Stomping Valkyrie of the Interbutts™
Rampaging Slayer of Shit-Fountain Habitues

"My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know, everybody you see, everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake, and they live in a state of constant, total amazement."

Quote from: The Payne on November 16, 2011, 07:08:55 PM
If Luna was a furry, she'd sex humans and scream "BEASTIALITY!" at the top of her lungs at inopportune times.

Quote from: Nigel on March 24, 2011, 01:54:48 AM
I like the Luna one. She is a good one.

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"Stop talking to yourself.  You don't like you any better than anyone else who knows you."

Rumckle

#19
October 16, 2011, 06:17:43 AM
Awesome, thanks for the advice guys!
It's not trolling, it's just satire.

Triple Zero

#20
October 16, 2011, 12:41:30 PM
Quote from: Luna on October 16, 2011, 04:04:18 AM
The new one is color.  I'm waiting to hear how the screen looks, if it's still relatively glare-free, and if it chews the battery life.

It's backlit LCD like a regular screen, not e-ink. Amazon even removed the praise of how their e-ink is awesome from their product page.





Anyway, from what I'm hearing so far ITT, none of the eReaders seem to be quite "perfect", are they?

Cause I also kind of want one, but every time I hear people talk about a specific model I keep hearing "it can't do this, it can't do that".

I guess what I'm basically looking for is not an eReader, but a tablet with an e-ink screen :)
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Cain

#21
October 16, 2011, 12:47:02 PM
And a longer battery life. Cuz seriously, I will say this much in favour of the Kindle - the battery life is amazing.  I charge mine about once a month.

Luna

#22
October 16, 2011, 01:12:42 PM
Quote from: Cain on October 16, 2011, 12:47:02 PM
And a longer battery life. Cuz seriously, I will say this much in favour of the Kindle - the battery life is amazing.  I charge mine about once a month.

THIS.  Mine gets charged a little more often, but I now have a commute of an hour and a half, each, way, on the bus.  (Even when I DO replace my car, I may continue using the bus, just for the time I get to relax and read, instead of stress and drive.)
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Pagan-Stomping Valkyrie of the Interbutts™
Rampaging Slayer of Shit-Fountain Habitues

"My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know, everybody you see, everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake, and they live in a state of constant, total amazement."

Quote from: The Payne on November 16, 2011, 07:08:55 PM
If Luna was a furry, she'd sex humans and scream "BEASTIALITY!" at the top of her lungs at inopportune times.

Quote from: Nigel on March 24, 2011, 01:54:48 AM
I like the Luna one. She is a good one.

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"Stop talking to yourself.  You don't like you any better than anyone else who knows you."

Faust

#23
October 16, 2011, 06:20:42 PM
Same here with the Sony reader. Once a month is all it needs for casual browsing.
The iPad gets about four hours max. However the iPad is the best comic book reader there is.
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Jasper

#24
October 18, 2011, 03:43:26 PM
For some reason my nook seems to lose its battery life even when not in use.  I thought it was supposed to have an ARM proc and therefore waste little energy idling.  Guess not? 

Too lazy to check now, point is it loses juice sitting still.
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