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I love e-ink and will still consider buying an e ink device when the technology has matured further. Meanwhile, the iPad lets me have my cake and eat it too, to some extent.
Can you have the last couple of lines of the previous page wrap around to the top of the next page? This is how most every web browser and word processor works when you press page down. The jetbook could not do this, and it greatly frustrated me, and when I asked on the developer's forum whether this could be implemented as an option, I was shot down pretty harshly. This feature is key to my reading smoothly and without page turn interruption. This becomes critical to me when the page turns aren't instantaneous.
I currently have an iPhone with a $30/month unlimited data plan from AT&T. If I get an iPad, do I have to also pay for an additional data plan. If yes, would I be able to get the $30/month unlimited data plan for the iPad as an existing customer?
The jetbook (from the demo I saw) was much slower than the new kindle or nook. But even were I to turn a real book page that slow, I don't need to re-read the last sentence of the previous paragraph. New software brings faster page turn, rather than wrap-around. E-ink has matured past what jetbook offers. Again, I opt for the 6" screen to alleviate a lot of that to begin with.
I don't re-read anything. When the page turns, my eyes just focus to the top of the screen and keep on going. Because the lines wrap, I don't have to wait for a page turn. Here's another way of explaining it: the page turns before I have finished reading the page, but it doesn't phase me a bit because the last line or two are repeated at the top. If the lines don' repeat, then you're caught up in a game pf timing the page turn. I'm talking about small fractions Of a second, it's a huge deal. Once you have tried this technique, you won't be going back. As evidence of how established this concept is, evenly the lowly Notepad app in Windows wraps in this manner.
My one and only e-reader is my new Droid X. I have one e-book on it, which is "Kitchen Confidential" by Anthony Bourdain.I have been surprised at how easy it is to read a book on the Droid X! Not exclusive to the Droid X, of course, but it is nice to read at night, in bed in any position, and the only thing I have to do is push a button on the phone to turn it off, vs. only being able to read in a limited area ('old-fashioned book') with a lamp.Paul
How long does it take to open a large book, say over 1 or 2 mb in siZe?
That sounds much faster than the iPad, and light years faster than the original jetbook.
