tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039670737739959567.post4171302480916910422..comments2023-05-11T18:40:10.140+07:00Comments on by David Barron: A Writer's eReaderAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12701186474452272514noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039670737739959567.post-53101859889495713492010-11-28T18:27:19.707+07:002010-11-28T18:27:19.707+07:00That's some of the David Marketing Genius righ...That's some of the David Marketing Genius right there. Who can resist the sex appeal of the basic clipboard?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12701186474452272514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039670737739959567.post-89687197549532207032010-11-28T17:00:08.387+07:002010-11-28T17:00:08.387+07:00Man, the right phrasing really does wonders for se...Man, the right phrasing really does wonders for selling theoretical future-technology. Now I really want a "clipboard replacement".rahkanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04197789931178553085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039670737739959567.post-28797724346648646732010-11-27T18:34:42.186+07:002010-11-27T18:34:42.186+07:00No big deal. It's more a matter of conflicting...No big deal. It's more a matter of conflicting personalities. The Apple way is too closed and dramatic (some might say "secretive") for my taste. I gave them a fair shot, I own a Powerbook G4. It's pretty awesome and it has lasted six years as a secondary computer, but there's more concentration of power in my consumer-company relationship than I'm comfortable with. I travel frequently to faraway lands where there're no Apple Stores. <br /><br />Also, I can't even find my own stories that are (supposedly) listed in the iBooks store.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12701186474452272514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039670737739959567.post-17468391965070586912010-11-27T18:12:51.875+07:002010-11-27T18:12:51.875+07:00Well, I was going to suggest getting an iPad, but ...Well, I was going to suggest getting an iPad, but then I got the point in which you wrote that it couldn't be an Apple product.<br /><br />Just curious ... have a personal beef with them? Think Apple products suck?Tyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09192814826756623212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039670737739959567.post-86288381820516927462010-11-26T08:19:44.856+07:002010-11-26T08:19:44.856+07:00I'm not arguing for LCD-style backlight, but r...I'm not arguing for LCD-style backlight, but rather for better, color eInk with a "night mode" (or an improved OLED display). Something like that will certainly appear in the next three years. If not next year. <br /><br />What I'm describing is more a "clipboard" replacement, I suppose. But I do a lot of reading and noting and writing on the go, so I might as well have an all-in-one eReader.<br /><br />I'm adding one bonus feature: Solar Power. Gotta admit that'd be sweet.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12701186474452272514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039670737739959567.post-58813233817301263002010-11-26T00:47:10.787+07:002010-11-26T00:47:10.787+07:00The one thing I really like about e-readers is tha...The one thing I really like about e-readers is that non-backlit thingy. I think I saw it on a Sony Reader. Anyway, the woman I work with who had the Sony reader ended up buying an iPad for her reading, instead; but I don't understand it. The main reason I don't do reading on my computer is because the screen wears me out. It's hard enough writing on a backlit screen, let alone reading...<br /><br />With that said, I think I would also want basically all the functionalities you mentioned, though, like Rahul said, I would use it primarily as book-replacement rather than computer-replacement. Unless this is just the 2010 Ben talking, and in three years I'll be singing a different tune.<br /><br />I mean, that's massively likely.<br /><br />Anyway, whenever I start reading books digitally (and I'll hold out as long as I can, because I like to smell spines), I hope my reader is not backlit.Ben Godbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450579203940093977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039670737739959567.post-86422574209366794252010-11-25T23:33:27.257+07:002010-11-25T23:33:27.257+07:00I mean...what you're describing is just a tabl...I mean...what you're describing is just a tablet computer...I think of an eReader as a replacement for books, and as such, limited functionality is a bonus for me.<br /><br />To me, the primarily selling point of e-Readers was that they didn't have backlit screens and hence were actually as comfortable to look at for hours as a book. <br /><br />If I could browse the internet and play game and do all kinds of cool stuff on my e-Reader, I think it would detract from the isolation of the reading of the reading experience (my Kindle can theoretically browse the internet, which is fine when have absolutely no other way to access it, but the incredible slowness of the connection makes this a mostly theoretical capability)rahkanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04197789931178553085noreply@blogger.com