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<blockquote data-quote="Cergorach" data-source="post: 1292627" data-attributes="member: 725"><p>I think your wrong, i've been using a dell pocket pc for the last six months to read a lot of books (so far the entire dune series). These days you can pick one up for $200, and reading books on it isn't the only thing you can do with it, watch movies, listen mp3s (while reading a book), play games, internet, e-mail, personal manager, etc.</p><p></p><p>It's only a 240x320 pixel screen, but it's good enough to read a novel (on it's side). The crucial factor is what software you use to read your books, i've found µBook a real beauty, it's really simple. Acrobat Reader on the PPC is just vicious, i ordinarily love pdf, but the ppc reader needs a LOT of work. Same goes for the MS reader, although a lot better than the Acrobat one...</p><p></p><p>Another pet pief of mine is that most novels are actually more expensive in a digital format than that they are in a printed one. If you look at amazon.com, a digital version of Dune: House Harkonen costs me $6.99, while a pocket version i can pick up is only $6.75, not to mention that i'm a regular at the library...</p><p></p><p>*appologies for the incoherentness of this post, but i'm sitting zombie like behind my computer, trying to make it to twelve o'clock awake, it looks like i won't...*</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cergorach, post: 1292627, member: 725"] I think your wrong, i've been using a dell pocket pc for the last six months to read a lot of books (so far the entire dune series). These days you can pick one up for $200, and reading books on it isn't the only thing you can do with it, watch movies, listen mp3s (while reading a book), play games, internet, e-mail, personal manager, etc. It's only a 240x320 pixel screen, but it's good enough to read a novel (on it's side). The crucial factor is what software you use to read your books, i've found µBook a real beauty, it's really simple. Acrobat Reader on the PPC is just vicious, i ordinarily love pdf, but the ppc reader needs a LOT of work. Same goes for the MS reader, although a lot better than the Acrobat one... Another pet pief of mine is that most novels are actually more expensive in a digital format than that they are in a printed one. If you look at amazon.com, a digital version of Dune: House Harkonen costs me $6.99, while a pocket version i can pick up is only $6.75, not to mention that i'm a regular at the library... *appologies for the incoherentness of this post, but i'm sitting zombie like behind my computer, trying to make it to twelve o'clock awake, it looks like i won't...* [/QUOTE]
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