[clug] Using Kindle?
Daniel Pittman
daniel at rimspace.net
Fri Mar 12 14:38:22 MST 2010
Felix Karpfen <felix at spodzone.org.uk> writes:
[...]
> I would therefore welcome comments from CLUG members who have explored what
> Kindle has to offer. And are there competitors to Kindle, that warrant a
> look before I put my money down?
Yes, absolutely. Not least because the market is still young, and new and
interesting options are routinely released like the only-in-Japan colour eInk
reader from Fujitsu.
FWIW, if you read a lot of PDF content you will probably find the Kindle less
than entirely satisfactory.
http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_readers
Both of those have fairly good summations of the options available; the Sony
options are likely to be worth a look, at least.
> The following additional info is relevant to my queries:
>
> I like reading text on a desktop-computer screen (and feel virtuous about
> saving trees). I have no interest in portable <telephones|computers|
> libraries>.
You may find eBook readers disappoint on the last preference, since many of
them want to bundle MP3 playback, web browsing, and similar features into the
one unit.
Daniel
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