Comments on: E-Readers or Swiss Army Knives?

By: Bic

Bic — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:40:26 +0000

Another problem with tablets, besides the battery life, is the screen. Reading for more than an hour or so is taxing on the eyes. E-ink is much easier to read for hours on end. Until the tablet can switch between e-ink and LCD displays, the e-book reader is here to stay.

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By: Mike Dunham

Mike Dunham — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:01:47 +0000

I’ll tell you a specific use-case that has me considering one, and that’s for use in a courtroom (I’m a trial lawyer). I’ve tried using a laptop in a courtroom, but it’s just too clumsy, and I always go back to pad and pen. What I’d really like is a lightweight device that allows me to review and annotate PDFs, to sync the annotations with a regular computer, and that will go a good long time on one charge. From what I’ve been reading, it sounds like an e-reader might fit perfectly. I sure wish I could try one for a few weeks before pulling the trigger, though.

By: Andrew Edsor

Andrew Edsor — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:07:41 +0000

e-readers could be (are) useful for reference or instruction handbooks because of the ease with which they can be updated. But as an alternative to fiction or non-fiction paper books that you take on holiday or take to bed, they are dead in the water. I’ve yet to find anyone of either sex or any age who thinks they have a future.

By: psikeyhackr

psikeyhackr — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:13:16 +0000

I already have a Swiss Army Knife device. An Archos PMA400. I have installed the JustReader program to use it as an e-book reader. It does plenty of stuff that I don’t even use. I just tested the video record capability to see how well it worked. That was more than a year ago.

My only complaint about it as an e-book reader is that it doesn’t autoscroll. But I would rather read it than a paperback book.

But a netbook makes more sense than most of these e-readers. I have a program that autoscrolls in Windows.