tablets, readers and E ink - a question

[yochai]

Hey,

>From my experience E-Ink are better for reading plain text.
The E-Ink I had experience with was all black and white and wasn't so
great for internet access or pictures. Reading on it was better then a
paper book, felt the same for the eyes and pages didn't flip by them
self, also a lot of books are much heavier.

The main issues of LCD are the inability to read in direct light and
lower batter life.
Even after anti-glare cover that I've added, I still need to shade the
screen.

Experience:
A few hours of toying with a E-Ink based reader and a lot more with the
Nook Color I own.
The biggest issue I found with the Nook Color for reading was that with
some PDFs it was to slow to read (more then two second to load the
content into the screen) but I think it won't be an issue with a newer
tablet.

If you go for E-Ink make sure that you have a light-source.

Yochai

On 10/08/12 11:06, Dan Shimshoni wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Question:
> I think of buying some tablet device which its main purpose is reading
> (pdf, documents in word format, books, and for a real less degree xchm files).
> I intend to use if also for Internet browsing (also reading/writing
> emails via webmail).
> 
> Options I think of are:
> Some 10'' Reader (like kindle) which has E-Ink support.
> 
> Tablet (10'') like some android-based tablet or iPad.
> 
> AFAIK, most tablets (if not all) do not come with E-Ink support.
> 
> In all cases, what I need is wifi support (3G is not mandatory).
> 
> My question is simple:
> Suppose I intend to have 80% of the usage time for reading docs (pdf, etc)
> and only 20% of the  usage time for Internet - which is better ?
> 
> Or to put it more sharply - Is E Ink technology really substantial
> when reading docs ?
> 
> I appreciate those who has real experience with these devices
> regarding reading pdf/books and accessing internet
> with this devices will comment from their experience.
> 
> rgs,
> DS
> 
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