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epub can be converted to a kindle format (mobi), and vice versa.
the complication is DRM, which means the 'criticism' of being 'tied in' to a particular format works both ways.... I got the Kobo now, it does what I want, maybe in a couple of years I may look again, but I can't see it myself as long as the Kobo does what I want. |
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I have a "touch" Sony Reader and find the touch feature to be useful. changing pages with a finger swipe comes slightly more easily than a key press and features like the dictionary are more convenient.
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i got that piece of software, it allowed me to take off all the free books I did not want. Otherwise I would have been there for ages.,
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The Vox is LCD though rather than e ink (I think). That makes it unsuitable as an eReader so it should be looked at as a tablet.
I thought colour E-ink was possible now anyway. |
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The problem with touch screen and I find this on my mobile phone is that the screen gets dirty and greasy
I do have a plastic film over the display for scratch protection (cost about £5) but my wife doesn't and she has no problems either. I do wipe the whole unit including screen with a very slightly damp microfibre every couple of weeks but that is for hygiene rather than any display difficulties. I get a lot more difficulties with dirt and grease on my spectacles.
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The Vox is LCD though rather than e ink (I think). That makes it unsuitable as an eReader so it should be looked at as a tablet.
If Amazon decides to create a Kindle Color instead, E Ink also has that covered with its latest Triton display. Triton uses the exact same monochrome E Ink screen, but overlays it with an RGBW color filter capable of 4,096 colors. That won’t challenge an iPad for color output, but then the Triton display retains the two month battery life, no power use when displaying a static image, and can be viewed easily in direct sunlight. We also can’t see any reason it wouldn’t also work with the forthcoming 300dpi screen.Another google search and it looks as though at the time of that article colour had already been in production for a year with the Hanvon e-reader. But no-one else wants it, apparently because the colour isn't that great. In fact it's so 'not great' it's already here and not everyone knows about it (I didn't know about it) : November 7, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/technology/08ink.html |
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In that respect it's the same as the Kindle Fire isn't it? They're both marketed as eReaders, neither has E Ink and both could basically be described as tablet computers.
Certainly I personally would never consider using anything with an LCD as an eReader. |
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The Kindle fire seems to be marketed as a tablet albeit low cost and most of the reviews etc treat it that way http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindle_Fire .
Certainly I personally would never consider using anything with an LCD as an eReader. |
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