Re: REVIEW of "The Review"
"Keith J. Schultz" <[email protected]>
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Hi James, Like I said is was my personal opinion. Everybody to their cup of tea. regards Keith. Am 29.10.2012 um 22:49 schrieb James Simmons <[email protected]>: > Keith, > > I have written e-book software for the XO laptop (One Laptop Per Child) which is a terrific device for reading e-books: > > http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4035 > > http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4194 > > The XO can read DjVu and PDF formats so you have access to every IA book by looking at page images. > > Having said that, the Kindle has a MUCH better battery life, stores more books, and fits in my pocket. The XO laptop does a beautiful job of displaying our EPUBs as it has the full WebKit browser engine as a component. > > You could buy a NetBook and install the Sugar software on it to make a nice device for e-books, but you can't read the screen in sunlight (unlike the XO) and the battery life would be inadequate. > > I have a Vizio tablet but it has the same problems as a NetBook has. > > I like the Nook and Kindle equally. I probably won't buy a Kindle Fire or a Nook Color because they are more tablets than e-book readers. > > I took my Nook on a trip to Europe. I was reading constantly on the flight over and on two four-hour train trips and only charged it once. The Kindle is nearly as good. I'd say these dedicated devices are here to stay. > > James Simmons > _______________________________________________ gutvol-d mailing list gutvol-d-4LCm/o+qPMZ96Xl/[email protected] http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d