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Old 01-14-2012, 06:42 AM   #16
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Well, my needs are Din A4 pdfs, and pretty much exlcusively. And the displays are too small to make these a comfortable read. As I said two days ago, I have said farewell to readers/tablets, for the forseeable time. Will not consider them again before an eye-friendly-quality display in roughly magazine-size is available, and for an affordable price, and an uncompromised ability to handle pdf's. While I like the e-ink displays by display-quality, these device's ability to handle pdf are a foul compromise currently.

And I do not like e-books, not at all, I would not read a novel as an e-book. I prefer a real book, that has a real feel, and a real smell. I also want a hard copy on my shelf, not a cloud-stored somethign that can be deleted by Amazon or anyone by his own will, and beyond my control. I am no fan of this cloud-computing concept. And for companies, I think it simply is insane to expose themselves like that, unneeded.
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Old 01-14-2012, 09:08 AM   #17
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The tablets are getting larger and prices falling. Keep a eye them. The competition is getting stiff.

I too like a book in my hand or on my shelf.
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