Not exact matches
A study from Matthias Schlesewsky
at Johannes Gutenberg University found that readers older than 60 benefit markedly from the backlit
screen of many
ereader tablets despite their perceived dislike of the platform.
A study from Matthias Schlesewsky
at Johannes Gutenberg University found that readers older than 60 benefit markedly from the backlit
screen of many
ereader tablets despite their perceived dislike of
Among the other notable new features is the
eReader view illuminates the
screen to make reading more comfortable and there are a few S4 features that also make the cut including the Smart Stay function which uses eye tracking technology to turn off the
screen when you're not looking
at it.
People who get dedicated
eReaders with eInk are people who read more and thus want to avoid the eyestrain associated with staring
at a
screen on a mobile phone or tablet, so they can read longer comfortably, without their eyes getting strained from the light shining in their eyes and getting refreshed countless times a second.
ereaders still are not quite there, though perhaps in the next five to six years they will be: large
screens (
at least 9.7 ″), white (adjustable color) front - lit backgrounds, and
at least 600 dpi.
large
screen is good for
ereaders, but i think that don't mean 9.7 or 8.0 inch
at least to me, to me and maybe to most of people who voted to large
screen the right and perfect size is 6.46 and / or 7.0 inch.
They have a wishlist on their desktop app for Mac, but that wishlist doesn't exist on any other platform I know of (iOS, their main website, and their online
eReader - site), and you can only add books to it from the main
screen of the desktop app for some reason, but not when you look
at the page of a specific book.
That said, the low price and bright
screen make it a perfect work device — you can bring and leave it
at the office and, given its
ereader pedigree, the CEO and IT can use it to read business books and manuals.
When I was deciding to buy an
ereader with built - in light I looked
at the Nook Glowlight Plus, but as it wasn't possible
at that moment to run Android on it, and the buttons were out, I definitely turned to Kobo and bought the one with a bigger
screen to read in bed, the NST was my portable reader for my bag during commute.
At least an 8 ″ or even a 7 ″
screen would have been a differentiation point and scoop up all the
ereader customers who find the 6 ″ Kindle
screen too small.
It's hard not to be a little disappointed with the Kindle Paperwhite given the fact the lighting isn't perfectly uniform across the entire
screen and there's no longer any text - to - speech or audio support, but
at the end of the day it's still my favorite E Ink Kindle that Amazon has released thus far, because from an
ereading perspective it can do all the things the other Kindles can, with the added benefit of having a
screen that is readable in low light.
This is due to faulty or loose connections on the
screen and is covered under the warranty with Kobo, it is also exchangable
at the point of sale since this is marked as a defective product and is a known issue with certain
ereaders.
Just an
ereader with a
screen large enough to see the digital equivalent of a whole page
at a time with a readable size font.
Now it's early 2011,
at which time the impressive displays (seen above) will probably start popping up in low cost tablets and
eReaders, much like the competing
screen of note form Pixel Qi (also scheduled to launch around that time).
Bormasina belongs to a very small segment of the market that only wants an
eReader to read
at night, and doesn't care about
screen contrast or the glare issues during daytime reading, an activity he / she doesn't seem to participate in.
The information
at the FCC indicates the possibility of two new Kobo
ereaders, one with a 6 - inch
screen and another with a 7.8 - inch
screen.
The Nook GlowLight brings a much - improved frontlight and a higher resolution
screen to the mix, but
at the expense of some of the features that made the previous Nook Touch
ereaders desirable over the competition.
There's also an option to make the
screen refresh
at every page turn, although some rivals like the Kobo
eReader Touch give you much more control over the refresh cycle.
Your book cover will be a tiny image
at first either on a computer
screen or a black and white
ereader, you need to make them want to click on your book and explore further!
At CES this week, Vivitek demonstrated both an 8.2 - inch
eReader and a 13 - inch tablet, among the first devices ever to use QR - LPD color ePaper
screens.
At present, the
eReader market is dominated by two
screen technologies: the grayscale eInk displays found on the Kindle and a few others and the color LCD panels you'll see on devices like the Nook Color.
The 8.2 - inch
eReader (pictured
at top of this post), has 960 x 768
screen, 4 GB flash memory, Wi - Fi / 3G / 2G, a headphone jack, and a microSD card slot.
«We've also made additional reading and device performance enhancements including improved page turn speed, faster access to previously opened e-books, enhanced color touch -
screen navigation and more,» Paul Hochman, manager of Content and Social Media
at BarnesandNoble.com, wrote in an April 23 posting on the Nook and BN
eReader blog.
«We've also made additional reading and device performance enhancements including improved page turn speed, faster access to previously opened ebooks, enhanced touch -
screen navigation and more,» Paul Hochman, manager of Content and Social Media
at BarnesandNoble.com, wrote in an April 23 posting on the Nook and BN
eReader blog.
There are also a few new
eReaders being shown off
at CES 2011, including the iRiver Story HD which has 1024 by 800
screen resolution.
«We've also made additional reading and device performance enhancements, including improved page turn speed, faster access to previously opened ebooks, enhanced color touch -
screen navigation and more,» Paul Hochman, manager of Content and Social Media
at BarnesandNoble.com, wrote April 23 on the Nook and BN
eReader blog.
At the same time Pixel Qi is building multiple mode
screens based on LCD technology that can switch between
eReader and Normal Laptop
Screen mode.
I generally recommend getting a tablet for PDFs, or
at least a large -
screen ereader like the Onyx Boox M96, and this case is no different.
There is a good review over on Electronista, but the summary is that the Kobo
eReader does a fine job
at reading books, has a nice e-Ink
screen and great battery life, and is a good value
at just $ 149.
There's lots of
screen flashing with E Ink, menus can be hard to navigate
at times, and animations that look cool on a tablet or phone bog things down and look funky on an E Ink
ereader.
Maybe that'll open up the door for other brands, or
at least large -
screen ereaders since Amazon doesn't have any.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab A NOOK is the perfect device for customers who are looking for a leading tablet that combines the latest features and a great reading experience
at an unbeatable price, By adding the 7 - inch Tab A NOOK to the lineup alongside the cutting - edge Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 NOOK ®, the large -
screen Samsung Galaxy Tab E NOOK ® and the popular NOOK GlowLight Plus ™
eReader, Barnes & Noble has an amazing lineup of devices for everyone in the family heading into the back - to - school and holiday shopping seasons.
At $ 399 (available in either a black or a white case, price as of March 15, 2010), the Alex
eReader is more expensive than competing devices, but the $ 120 to $ 150 premium is worthwhile: The dual -
screen Alex offers the best combination of an electronic paper display (EPD) and a separate LCD
screen I've seen yet, and the reader impresses on almost every level.
The image is too hazy to figure out the
screen quality and still BeBook's color
eReader prototype is the second most exciting
eReader technology to show up
at CES 2010.
This week we'll dig up an item from last week — PocketBook claiming that
at CES (Jan, 2011) it will unveil a Mirasol
screen powered color
eReader and that by Q3, 2011 it will have the color
eReader out in the US market.
On the surface the InkBook Prime looks like an attempt
at a premium
ereader, but they forgot to include a high - resolution
screen — it still uses a 212 ppi E Ink Carta display like the much - cheaper InkBook Obsidian.
Essentially, here's what's going on with this
ereader: It costs $ 149 online
at numerous outlets and has a 5 - inch LCD
screen.
On the home
screen of your tolino
eReader you can find the pre-installed shop
at the bottom.
Once a positive electric field is applied, the white particle moves to the top of the microcapsule becoming visible to the leader by making the
ereader screen white
at that specific location and once a negative electric field is applied the black particle behaves the same but making the
screen appear darker
at that location.
If we could combine all the advanced features of the Sony with the superior
screen quality of the iRex, we could quite possibly have the best
ereader out there —
at least until some new color technology becomes available later this year.
E Ink
eReaders are much lighter than LCD
eReaders — typically weighing in
at half for the same
screen size device.
The
screen technology they use is reflective so you get some glare, some tablets such as the Nook handle this better due to it's VividView technology, but it still isn't as good
at reading outdoors or in a brightly lit room as
eReaders are.
This newest look
at an
eReader from Sony builds on their previous successes and offers lovers of electronic reading materials a lovely sub-6-ounce piece of hardware with a 6 - inch E-Ink Pearl V220 touch
screen that'll be available in black, red, or white.
A couple new
ereader vendors
at the CES 2010 has shown some promise for dual
screens.
when I hit step 6 the second time through, I get the
eReader notice
at bottom of
screen then it blanks, the display is still powered though you can see a glow but it just hands.
It's the same size
screen as most
eReaders on the market today coming in
at 6 inches.
«During our development of the Alex Reader — a dual
screen eReader that incorporates both E Ink for high contrast
eReading, and color LCD
screen for multimedia playback and enhanced web browsing, Marvell was the clear choice,» noted Albert Teng, Founder and CTO
at Spring Design.
At the moment it has the best eInk
screen among all
eReaders that I'm aware of.
Extended reading on LCD
screens can be uncomfortable
at best, and the potential for distraction is far higher than on an
eReader.
At the same time, in many disciplines the mediocre PDF display capabilities, small
screen, and lack of color do have the ability to hinder the
eReader's usefulness.