"Have you tried reading a novel on your netbook for more than 15mins? That headache you start to feel is the result of staring at that shitty LCD screen. With e-ink, you can literally read for hours...days...weeks at a time."
Hmm. I've read several hundred ebooks between my current WinMo smartphone, my Clie, my Palm color and my Palm B&W. Oh, and one or two books on a Nokia flip-phone. Took me about 12 years. Vision's still 20/15.
The readability of an LCD really varies a lot from one person to another. Now, I do get eye-strain when I read a CRT for 4-30 hours straight. But, thanks to cheap LCD monitors, I don't have to do that so much anymore.
I miss the old DOS Populous. That and Civ II/III are the only games I've ever enjoyed playing straight on for more than a few hours at a stretch.
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"Have you tried reading a novel on your netbook for more than 15mins? That headache you start to feel is the result of staring at that shitty LCD screen. With e-ink, you can literally read for hours...days...weeks at a time."
Hmm. I've read several hundred ebooks between my current WinMo smartphone, my Clie, my Palm color and my Palm B&W. Oh, and one or two books on a Nokia flip-phone. Took me about 12 years. Vision's still 20/15.
The readability of an LCD really varies a lot from one person to another. Now, I do get eye-strain when I read a CRT for 4-30 hours straight. But, thanks to cheap LCD monitors, I don't have to do that so much anymore.
I miss the old DOS Populous. That and Civ II/III are the only games I've ever enjoyed playing straight on for more than a few hours at a stretch.