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  1. 31st May 2013, 10:01 PM #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sleepy View Post
    No expert Ian , but the one I borrowed was like reading paper, so yes you do need external light. But reading from an iPad in the dark I find hard work on the eyes.
    I guess it depends what you are reading too. A magazine or newspaper for 10 or 20 minutes probably ok but a novel can be hour or longer.
    Sleepy, I use the Kindle app on the iPad, and I find that if I change the brightness and colour according to light conditions (standard black writing on white background for broad daylight, black on sepia for low light and white on black for no light/night) then I find it better than a Kindle device.

    My eyesight is awful, and I have no issue at all reading with/without glasses.
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  2. 31st May 2013, 10:09 PM #32
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    Ok, thanks ill have a look at that one. The other thing I like about the kindle is lightweight device. I spose the new iPad s are little too. 🙉
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    Kindle is evil.

    Owned by Amazon, they have the price of ebooks pinned down to slowly drive competitors out of the market (they subsidise the losses by their other departments). When there's no more competition where will the prices go?

    They only work on their native formats, even some older same origin formats weren't so compatible.

    They are a nightmare to look into and try to manipulate files. I had a perfectly good one for 3 weeks that went into the bin as I wouldn't inflict it on anyone (except maybe one person I met today). All I wanted to do was delete a file, I consider myself a power user and 20 of the 21 days of ownership was searching for a method to delete a file (duplicated on upload) to no avail.

    An iPad is a great option but if you're only looking at a reader plus an internet function then a cheap tablet with WI-FI and maybe 3G can be had for a song. Will read PDF's and most ebook formats with the addition of the right app(lication) and you can keep up to date with AULRO as well.
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  4. 31st May 2013, 10:24 PM #34
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sleepy View Post
    Ok, thanks ill have a look at that one. The other thing I like about the kindle is lightweight device. I spose the new iPad s are little too. 🙉
    The iPad mini is slightly larger than the standard Kindle, and nearly twice the weight. And the Kindle battery life is measured in weeks, where the iPad is less than a day.

    It really all depends on what your priorities and needs are.
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    My wife has a Sony E-reader for which she downloads free books from the net to her laptop. It goes everywhere with her.
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