There should be more large
screen ereaders for senior citizens and people with vision problems — I don't know why there aren't more options.
Not exact matches
Their Android apps aren't designed
for E Ink so they don't work as well as their
ereader counterparts, but there are some reading apps that have been modified to work well with E Ink
screens.
I mean, the iPod / iPhone
ereader Stanza was downloaded a million times last year and I can't
for one second think about reading a book on a
screen that small!
I hate to break it to you (pardon the pun) but no companies offer
ereader repairs or replacement
screens for their devices.
I would pay
for a dual
screen ereader, probably up to $ 500
for something new on the market.
I find it a shame that the criteria
for an acceptable large -
screen ereader is to choose the least inferior, as opposed to the best, since I wouldn't even give this model more than a «B» and that's being generous.
It's time
for ereaders to move away from glass
screens.
Using this type of code allows
eReading software and devices to render data on a wide variety of
screens, and it's great
for standard fiction or non-fiction eBooks.
Featuring a higher resolution
screen and a font that's been specially designed
for digital
screens, plus your favourite returning features such as an improved Carta E-Ink
screen, a built - in light that won't tire your eyes and a long battery life, the Kindle Paperwhite takes
eReading up a notch.
With the Touch Edition, Sony has given us one of the best designed readers on the market and with the touch
screen marrying perfectly with the new user interface, we have a couple features which really make this one of the most desirable ebook readers around, and should be a serious contender if you're looking to upgrade or be buying an
eReader for the first time.
And the ability to reach farther into the midsection of the page lessened the disadvantage of working with such a deeply inset
screen (Amazon says that the inset was necessary
for its touch technology — but it's noticeably thicker, by millimeters, than the inset on the competing Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch and Kobo
eReader Touch Edition).
Ebook: A book composed in — or converted to — digital format
for display on a computer
screen or handheld
ereading device
The cover normally sells
for $ 29.99 so it's a pretty good deal since
ereaders need a good cover to help protect the E Ink
screen, which is more fragile than regular LCD
screens.
I am looking
for an
ereader because the LED
screen of my iPad (Mini and Air) are tiring my eyes.
If «DPT - S1 ″ will be sold
for that price, it's time to look
for alternatives... Also: given that «the major benefit of Mobius is that the tech allows them to cut it to any size they want, and still retain all of the benefits» is there any news about possible
ereaders with
screen sizes 10» and up and (sold
for much less!)
The Kobo
eReader Touch Edition is an advanced touch
screen eReader that is setting new standards
for size, comfort and functionality, while giving the
eReading community a book - like read, only better.
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.
If we ask
for a 13 ″
ereader (and the flexible
screen is really the only option to prevent cracks, even with a stiff - bodied reader), we need to be prepared to pay the cost of a Microsoft Surface
for a device weaker than the Surface RT..
I wasn't advocating
for Sony, just answering this affirmation «but the fact is that no one makes a large
screen ereader.»
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.
There are other options, but considering the Tab 4 NOOK is the only one in the current round of next - gen
eReaders to offer more than eight hours of battery life in a single charge, even with Wi - Fi on and
screen brightness up, it's hard to justify getting anything else
for the student in your life.
In addition to the Fire, Amazon also introduced a $ 79 Kindle
eReader, a $ 99 touch -
screen e-reader called Kindle Touch and the Kind Touch 3G
for $ 149.
That's a good price
for a waterproof
ereader with a 300 ppi E Ink
screen and a frontlight.
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.
The Spring Design Alex, the other dual -
screen Android
ereader, is what I had hoped the Nook would be: an
ereader for hardware nerds.
The Literati is a color
ereader with a 7 - inch
screen and has built - in WiFi
for connecting to the Kobo ebook store.
If Amazon could — add gorilla glass and make the new Kindle
screen crash - proof, make the
eReader flexible or capable of taking shocks and falls, add more children's books and more textbooks — it would turn new Kindle into a near - perfect Kindle
for Kids.
As
for the Kobo Glo
eReader, it has a 6 - inch 1024x768 XGA
screen that has a higher DPI than any other e-Reader before it (210 DPI vs the 170 DPI on the Pearl displays of other readers.
It might not have a more eye - friendly e-Ink display like a Kindle
eReader, but it's one of the best 7 - inch
screens for reading.
If BN can successfully make the larger
ereader without the
screen problems they have had in the past — the Nook brand will have a great future and will hopefully give Amazon and Kobo a good fight
for number one.
The wide
screen is the wrong format
for ebooks: — 4:3 ratio isn't just some «old
ereader legacy», it's what real books look like and what makes reading ebooks comfortable.
An
ereader with this type of HD
screen and such an good backlight
for this price could be very attractive!
The e-ink
ereaders created a nice opportunity
for Neonode because the reflective
screens couldn't afford to have an additional layer of glass on top of the
screen as resistive and capacitive touch need.
Sony introduced today Reader ™ (PRS - T2), a light and thin 6 ″
eReader with an enhanced, intuitive touch
screen optimized
for long - term reading and the most natural, immersive reading experience.
For me, an «ultimate
ereader» would start with a
screen larger than 6 inches; 8 is probably a good compromise, remain light (and lighted), have a good battery, more powerful CPU and more RAM than is now common (as you agree).
The ads appear when the
eReader is powered off or in sleep mode, as well as in other discreet places outside of the reading experience (
for example, on the bottom of the home
screen).
Overall, I'd say that the Nook Color is the best LCD
ereader yet
for e-reading simply because of its high quality
screen.
I'm a little baffled as to why the
Ereader market is so choked with junk, and this is by far the most promising thing on the market, but I think it needs serious research put into making it faster, with more
screen response, and Bluetooth connectivity as well as a micro sd card slot, would just make this the ideal replacement
for books.
He said
ereaders needed to have the «best possible
screen» as Kobo and Amazon «fight
for those most avid and voracious readers».
Personally I prefer the higher - quality design and the larger 7.8 - inch
screen on the Kobo Aura One, so the 2nd gen H2O never really clicked
for me, but it's still a nice device in its own right and provides a solid alternative to all the 6 - inch
ereaders available on the market — more choices is always a good thing, especilly when it comes to ebook readers.
For that purpose I bought the very first
eReaders and it's usable, yet there are major drawbacks — the small
screens (until now 8inch is the max, looking forward to the 13.3!)
In addition, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus makes it quick and easy to browse rich Web content with support
for Adobe ® Flash ® Player and read books and magazines though services like Zinio ®, which offers more than 5,000 full color magazines to browse, and Blio ®
eReader, which shows eBooks in full color on the brilliant 7 - inch
screen.
Earlier in the month David Carnoy from CNET posted details of an interview with E Ink, the company that makes the
screens for the Kindles, Kobo and Sony
ereaders, Nook, and most other ebook readers around the world.
For example, I'd rather have the new sony reader than the DX for what I'd need from an ereader (other than reading books) despite the smaller scre
For example, I'd rather have the new sony reader than the DX
for what I'd need from an ereader (other than reading books) despite the smaller scre
for what I'd need from an
ereader (other than reading books) despite the smaller
screen.
That's a shame becasue after reviewing the 9.7 - inch Onyx Boox M96, I have a much greater appreciation
for large -
screen E Ink
ereaders.
Amazon is as well placed as any other manufacturer to use these
screens for an
ereader / netbook (if they choose to).
That being said, the inkBook still suffers from the same kind of issues that all Android
ereaders suffer from: most 3rd party apps don't work well because they aren't designed
for E Ink
screens; battery life isn't as good as non-Android
ereaders; the page buttons only work with a few apps; and the Android software is less - optimized than what you get on Kindles and Kobos, and it lacks some features that they offer.
Lots of people would gladly pay $ 109
for email access — the eInk
screen and the
eReader are free bonuses.
I'm not against using
screen protectors, in fact they can work quite well with tablets and phones (a
screen protector has been holding together the cracked
screen on my Lenovo Tab2 10
for the past 6 months), but I don't think E Ink
ereaders and
screen protectors are a good mix.
It has a good specs to dollars ratio, as well a really high resolution
screen great
for all forms of
ereading.