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garbon

#45
June 16, 2013, 11:49:02 PM
Quote from: Tyr on June 16, 2013, 11:41:05 PM
(despite what some say fires are not suitable readers)

Ok. :lol:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

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Syt

#46
June 17, 2013, 12:23:07 AM
Still happy with my basic Kindle.

Kindle Fire HD is available over here now. It gives you
- Books (duh)
- newspapers & magazines (the range offered here seems to have shrunk significantly since last I checked)
- access to the MP3 store
- Amazon's movie streaming service not available in Austria
- otherwise everything else a tablet does

So, as I already have an Android tablet there's really not much sense in me buying one of those thingamabobs.
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The Minsky Moment

#47
June 17, 2013, 05:35:40 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 16, 2013, 11:49:02 PM
Quote from: Tyr on June 16, 2013, 11:41:05 PM
(despite what some say fires are not suitable readers)

Ok. :lol:

I agree with Tyr.  An HD tablet fine for reading newspapers and magazines and doing a little light book reading, but not for getting though entire novels.  The regular kindle/nooks are better for that. 
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
--Joan Robinson

garbon

#48
June 17, 2013, 06:08:10 PM
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on June 17, 2013, 05:35:40 PM
Quote from: garbon on June 16, 2013, 11:49:02 PM
Quote from: Tyr on June 16, 2013, 11:41:05 PM
(despite what some say fires are not suitable readers)

Ok. :lol:

I agree with Tyr.  An HD tablet fine for reading newspapers and magazines and doing a little light book reading, but not for getting though entire novels.  The regular kindle/nooks are better for that. 

I don't have the HD version, but I don't see what the big deal is about reading a novel on a fire - apart from battery life. I do it all the time.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Grey Fox

#49
June 17, 2013, 07:12:04 PM
Have you ever experienced an E-ink reader compare to an LCD ?
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garbon

#50
June 18, 2013, 12:01:20 AM
Sure, but the statement wasn't whether or not e-ink or and Lcd screen is better to read for long periods of time but simply that a kindle fire is not a suitable reader. That's false.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Grey Fox

#51
June 18, 2013, 05:50:37 AM
Well, that's matter of opinion.
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DontSayBanana

#52
August 08, 2013, 09:25:15 AM
Thinking of picking up a Nook HD+ Tablet while the 32GB is on sale for $179 as a birthday present for myself.  Anybody have experience with the HD+?
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