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From: Bob Eager
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2018 13:29

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On Wed, 04 Jul 2018 07:41:47 -0500, Andy Leighton wrote:

> On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 11:20:11 +0100, Ahem A Rivet's Shot
> <ste...@eircom.net> wrote:
>> On 3 Jul 2018 09:13:55 GMT Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> I've tried phone & laptop. Hated both. I suppose I should try a tablet
>>> of some kind, but I'm not sufficiently bothered to spend the money.
>>
>> 	I used a tablet for a while, they tend to be too heavy for long
>> term comfort. Even a phone is heavier than a paperback. The phone's
>> saving grace is that it is in my pocket at all times.
> 
> I prefer an epaper based device such as a Kindle or Kobo. They are
> lighter than a paperback, and I find them easier to read for a decent
> length of time rather than a phone or a laptop (or a tablet for that
> matter).

Indeed. I dumped the Kindle when it became unbearable slow if half filled 
with books. The Kobo is much faster.

The really good thing, for me, is that epaper devices have superb battery 
life.



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Subject: Re: Xerox 1980s bitsavers
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