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the_tyrant · 08-13-13, 07:29 PM

I suppose using your yoga in tablet mode is a bit too heavy for ya?

The advantages of e-readers vs tablets (in my opinion) are:

E-reader advatages:
Lasts forever on a charge
Light
screen looks good outside
significantly cheaper

E-reader disadvantages:
Only good for reading "books", no pictures, just text
Can't do anything but reading
Screen sizes are generally smaller
Your sources of content are pretty limited (can't read anything but published books, no comics or fanfic)

Tablet Advantages:
Huge selection of content
Color screen!
You can do much more than just reading (videos, pictures web browsing)
You can read things with pictures (magazines, comics, etc)
comes in huge variety of sizes (7 inch - 21 inches!)

Tablet Disadvantages:
significantly more expensive
screen is harder to seen in sunlight
battery life is much, much worse

PS: Tablets aren't that much more expensive to be honest. The Blackberry Playbook is only 99$. Its pretty bad, but hey, its solidly built, and "pretty bad" for a tablet is still pretty good for an e-reader.

PPS: Fold your yoga's screen back, and use it in portrait mode. If you can stand the weight, its a decently capable way to read. I use to read on a 5 pound + laptop, so if you can't stand the weight, all I can say is, Bro, do you even lift!

08-13-13, 07:29 PM	#2
the_tyrant Admiral Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 2,272 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	I suppose using your yoga in tablet mode is a bit too heavy for ya? The advantages of e-readers vs tablets (in my opinion) are: E-reader advatages: Lasts forever on a charge Light screen looks good outside significantly cheaper E-reader disadvantages: Only good for reading "books", no pictures, just text Can't do anything but reading Screen sizes are generally smaller Your sources of content are pretty limited (can't read anything but published books, no comics or fanfic) Tablet Advantages: Huge selection of content Color screen! You can do much more than just reading (videos, pictures web browsing) You can read things with pictures (magazines, comics, etc) comes in huge variety of sizes (7 inch - 21 inches!) Tablet Disadvantages: significantly more expensive screen is harder to seen in sunlight battery life is much, much worse PS: Tablets aren't that much more expensive to be honest. The Blackberry Playbook is only 99$. Its pretty bad, but hey, its solidly built, and "pretty bad" for a tablet is still pretty good for an e-reader. PPS: Fold your yoga's screen back, and use it in portrait mode. If you can stand the weight, its a decently capable way to read. I use to read on a 5 pound + laptop, so if you can't stand the weight, all I can say is, Bro, do you even lift! __________________ My own open source project on Sourceforge OTP.net KGB grade encryption for the rest of us Last edited by the_tyrant; 08-13-13 at 07:42 PM.