Comments on: TV Tuesday: Battle of the Digital Readers http://www.abcey.com/blog/uncategorized/tv-tuesday-battle-of-the-digital-readers.html Blog Tagline Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Armen Chakmakjian http://www.abcey.com/blog/uncategorized/tv-tuesday-battle-of-the-digital-readers.html/comment-page-1#comment-1347 Armen Chakmakjian Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:55:14 +0000 http://www.abcey.com/blog/?p=1880#comment-1347 The awkwardness of the kindle is mostly in the oddness of its UI, and I'm not talking about e-ink. Its just a hard device to use for input. On the other hand it is GREAT on a beach, as I just proved last week. here's a picture i took: http://urtaru.tumblr.com/post/808688251/how-a-kindle-fares-on-a-bright-day-i-was-sitting do this on your ipad... The awkwardness of the kindle is mostly in the oddness of its UI, and I’m not talking about e-ink. Its just a hard device to use for input. On the other hand it is GREAT on a beach, as I just proved last week. here’s a picture i took:

http://urtaru.tumblr.com/post/808688251/how-a-kindle-fares-on-a-bright-day-i-was-sitting

do this on your ipad…

]]> By: Kate Miller Events http://www.abcey.com/blog/uncategorized/tv-tuesday-battle-of-the-digital-readers.html/comment-page-1#comment-1344 Kate Miller Events Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:21:35 +0000 http://www.abcey.com/blog/?p=1880#comment-1344 The iPad is no Kindle Killer - for one main reason: e-ink. We now spend an inordinate amount of time in front of LCD computer screens, which for me, hurts my eyes. At the end of the day, I can stare at my Kindle for many more hours, but not another LCD screen, big or small. There are other competitors, but I don't believe an iPad is a direct replacement.... The iPad is no Kindle Killer – for one main reason: e-ink. We now spend an inordinate amount of time in front of LCD computer screens, which for me, hurts my eyes. At the end of the day, I can stare at my Kindle for many more hours, but not another LCD screen, big or small.

There are other competitors, but I don’t believe an iPad is a direct replacement….

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