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RE: Electronic gadgets - your suggestions? - 9/8/2013 2:39:47 AM

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What's the best way of combining all three in one gadget, if indeed that's possible?

It's not possible to consolidate the full features and usability from all the devices into one. That said, it might well be possible to consolidate the features you actually use or need. Advice really depends on what you use each one for, for how long, and and under what situations.

I assume the Kindle you mention is an E-Ink device, as opposed to a Kindle Fire? Since the display types are radically different, there are some unavoidable tradeoffs to replacing E-Ink with an LCD or OLED screen found on other devices. One of the big ones is battery life - you won't see anywhere close to the same reading time with a tablet or computer screen. Depending on how much you use your Kindle, and how much of that time is spent near power outlets, this may or may not be a problem. The second issue is visibility. E-Ink reflects and absorbs ambient light in the same way paper and ink does, so a Kindle is easily visible in bright sunlight. Other displays depend on actively emitting light, and will therefore be washed out, sometimes to the point of near invisibility in sunlight. See the image for an example. Again, depending on where you use the Kindle, this may or may not be a problem.

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Isn't it hard on the eyes to read from a netbook for long periods?

The whole idea behind the Kindle was that it wasn't back lit like a computer or phone. It was like actually reading on paper. Less strain on the eyes. Even though we can't see it, computer/phone screens have a bounce, the Kindle does not.

The issue with being "hard on the eyes" can usually be solved by setting an appropriate brightness level. Whether photons are reflecting off the screen to get to your eye or coming through the screen from a backlight doesn't particularly matter to your retina, providing they make it. LCDs don't inherently have anything that "bounces" (which I assume refers to flicker?) although, in some cases, the use of pulse width modulation (basically switching on and off quickly) to achieve dimming of the backlight may result in high frequency flickering at lower brightness settings. That isn't something that affects all LCDs, though.

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RE: Electronic gadgets - your suggestions? - 9/8/2013 7:32:23 AM

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Thanks for the info SD. Yes, I looked into the question of ink-type screens for PCs and tablets - it seems that it's not possible. E-ink doesn't react quickly enough.

I think I'm interested in something like the Nexus 7 . . . .

But that's for the long term. Tomorrow, I'm going to replace my Kindle (the ink sort) - which has been kaput since it went swimming in the bath last week - with a Kobo. These have dropped massively in price. I can get one now for £30. I'll make do with the old arrangement of carrying three items when I'm travelling for the time being. On the plus side: that leaves me with only a third of the risk of destroying all my electronic stuff when reading in the bath.

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