The Reader

Chuck,
Just from a little experience I did find that the iPad was not as easy to read outside as my kindle and washout in bright sunlight. I found that any fingerprints or smudges contributed to difficulty in reading outside and I have packed a eyeglass polishing cloth in my iPad carrying case (which is a Targus netbook carrying case that I picked up at BJ's Wholesale for $15). I have tried four free ebook readers on my iPad - Kindle (Amazon),
iBooks (Apple),
Kobo (Borders)
and the new Barnes and Noble app.
Every one except the iBooks permits black text on white or white text on black and in fact the Barnes and Noble app permits a scalable variety of colors for text color and page color.
Each ebook app has the option of different size fonts:
5 on the Kindle and Barnes and Noble
10 on the iBooks
and a sliding variety of scalable fonts on the Kobo.
Kobo and Barnes and Noble apps have a variety of free books that you can download as compared to the others which only give samples (at least from my limited experience).
I hope that this helps.
Vinny


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From: Charles <the_chuckmann@yahoo.com>
To: "apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com" <apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, May 27, 2010 10:22:40 PM
Subject: [apple-iphone] iPad question

I have a question for those of you with an iPad.

I've toyed around with the idea of an eBook reader (like a Kindle, Sony, or similar) for some time.

I have the Kindle app for my iPhone, and I have briefly used it. However, size, in this case, does matter. My eyesight is fine - but reading an 800+ page novel (probably double, triple that, or more, in iPhone format) on that little screen would just be much too tedious.

The iPad would certainly be large enough to be comparable to a regular book. And having a color screen vs the monochromatic eBook screen would seem like a plus.

But.

One thing I like about the eBooks is the digital "ink" screen, which is quite suitable for reading in the bright sun. I know that the iPhone screen, while it can be viewed in sunlight, is not really suited for that environment.

So, my question for those with iPads. Just how viewable is it outside, on a bright sunny day? Would one want to sit outside, with a good novel, and read the screen for a few hours, like you would with a paper book or a Kindle-type display? Or is the screen more suited for an indoor environment?

Thanks in advance...

Chuck F.
NE PA

PS: My Yahoo issue seems to be cleared up - it must have been a problem on their end.

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