Comments on: Books, EBooks, and Screen Reading http://joeycalveyonline.com/2008/12/20/books-ebooks-and-screen-reading/ Whatever I want to talk about. Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:38:22 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: joey http://joeycalveyonline.com/2008/12/20/books-ebooks-and-screen-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-20 joey Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:01:47 +0000 http://joeycalveyonline.com/?p=63#comment-20 Especially if you go with an ultra-portable with a touch screen or one of the linux tablets, they aren't REALLY that cheap but I think you can get some of the linux ones for sub 900. I use my notebook for a lot besides reading so I could justify the expense. Especially if you go with an ultra-portable with a touch screen or one of the linux tablets, they aren’t REALLY that cheap but I think you can get some of the linux ones for sub 900. I use my notebook for a lot besides reading so I could justify the expense.

]]> By: Aaron http://joeycalveyonline.com/2008/12/20/books-ebooks-and-screen-reading/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Aaron Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:55:58 +0000 http://joeycalveyonline.com/?p=63#comment-19 Those screenshots do look pretty sharp. I'd love to be able to put books and documents on something I could go sit in the recliner and read, but none of the solutions have looked right to me yet. The small 'pocket' readers would annoy me, since they aren't big enough to show a whole page at once. The e-paper systems look great, especially the bigger ones like the Irex Iliad, but they're still fairly new technology and quite expensive. Hmm, I hadn't thought of picking up a cheap laptop: something just powerful enough to run X and readers for the common formats. That may be the way to go. Those screenshots do look pretty sharp. I’d love to be able to put books and documents on something I could go sit in the recliner and read, but none of the solutions have looked right to me yet. The small ‘pocket’ readers would annoy me, since they aren’t big enough to show a whole page at once. The e-paper systems look great, especially the bigger ones like the Irex Iliad, but they’re still fairly new technology and quite expensive.

Hmm, I hadn’t thought of picking up a cheap laptop: something just powerful enough to run X and readers for the common formats. That may be the way to go.

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