Ok quick question for anyone who uses the ipad to read the majority of the time. Is it good for reading 1-3 hours at a time? I was going to buy the nook or kindle but it seems that the ipad has so much more available shit that it would be dumb not to just get it. Money isn't really a problem so is it worth it if i want to use it primarily for reading? thanks
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Well it IS an LCD which is going to strain your eyes no matter what. I have a Nook. I would love to own an iPad and use it as a e-reader... but it doesn't come close to e-ink. At least the Nook has Android... and they have already brought a few simple games and a web browser to it.
it's become my primary reader.
during the past semester (after it came out of course) i was doing 2-3 hours of reading a day of pdfs (with goodreader), and i use it as my primary leisure reader too (rereading the dark tower series at the moment) and spend 2-3 hours a day reading that stuff...plus i do all my internet reading on it too.
and use it to read online documentation for development stuff as well
so yes, it's a fine e-reader and has caused me zero eye strain
p.s. a lot of my reading is at night too, so i can read in the dark on it and not worry about turning the lights off after im done
during the past semester (after it came out of course) i was doing 2-3 hours of reading a day of pdfs (with goodreader), and i use it as my primary leisure reader too (rereading the dark tower series at the moment) and spend 2-3 hours a day reading that stuff...plus i do all my internet reading on it too.
and use it to read online documentation for development stuff as well
so yes, it's a fine e-reader and has caused me zero eye strain
p.s. a lot of my reading is at night too, so i can read in the dark on it and not worry about turning the lights off after im done
I read on mine for several hours at a time. Don't notice any eye strain (but I did turn the brightness down in iBooks before I started using it).
It takes ePub, but it won't do ragged edges, so if the book isn't justified, you lose some characters on the edge. I've got the Kindle App for it too, which is nice, but not as good as iBooks.
It takes ePub, but it won't do ragged edges, so if the book isn't justified, you lose some characters on the edge. I've got the Kindle App for it too, which is nice, but not as good as iBooks.
fitty what chu up to
no, as long as they are ebooks you can sync them with ibooks
it's become my primary reader.
during the past semester (after it came out of course) i was doing 2-3 hours of reading a day of pdfs (with goodreader), and i use it as my primary leisure reader too (rereading the dark tower series at the moment) and spend 2-3 hours a day reading that stuff...plus i do all my internet reading on it too.
and use it to read online documentation for development stuff as well
so yes, it's a fine e-reader and has caused me zero eye strain
p.s. a lot of my reading is at night too, so i can read in the dark on it and not worry about turning the lights off after im done
This. TBH, I was actually surprised. I have been rereading the ender's series and I have had no eye strain what so ever. Maybe it's the font and the clarity. It's definitely different from reading small text on tribalwar than the text in the ibooks. I can't explain it.
I would maybe buy an iPad to ditch all of these damn university text books.. but no luck there..