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 > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
