to vote for favorites. Only 6 votes needed to get on the list.I’m a geek. I love technology and design, and an electronic book reader sounds like a cool idea. Here’s the thing though.
Revolutionary Paper and Ink Technology. Read in the tub! Read by direct and blinding sunlight. Read by candlelight.
Unlimited Battery Life. No car adapter, no plug-ins, no power requirements at all.
Sustainable. Made with 100% non-toxic renewable materials. Completely recyclable.
Portable. Fits in your carry-on, and no pesky security checks.
Affordable. Leave it sitting on your beach towel while you swim. Forget it at the hotel, on the bus, or lend it to a friend and never get it back. Good for any budget.
Almost indestructible. Impervious to sand and dust. No ports, components, or screens to clog or malfunction. Leave it in a hot car. Bend it in half. Run over it with your car. Throw it at the pavement with all your strength.
Lifetime Upgrades! You can’t find a floppy drive to open a WordPerfect file from twenty years ago, and if you do, software will fail to open the file, or render it unreadable. Our revolutionary technology opens after hundreds of years just as easily as day one.
Books. The oldest, greatest thing!
The geek in me is always tempted by new technology, but eBooks have so many inherent flaws. In many important ways, they are entirely inferior to a $2.50 dog eared paperback.
On the other hand, my sister is giddy with excitement because this $500 technology will significantly improve the life of my autistic nephew. Other touch screen technology developed specifically to assist autistic kids with communicating run upwards of $10,000. She says this $200 app and an iPad beat them all.
Soldier stories, movies, and technology reviews!? I’ll eventually get back to obsessing over fertility, adoption, and kids, for those interested in such things.
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I got an ebook for Christmas and I am not a techno geek and I love it. Its the greatest thing ever for my life. I usually read 1-2 books per week and either spend huge amounts of money or time at the library. I pack 5-6 books for a holiday and it takes up too much space. Now I have a little thing to pack, I can get any book cheaper than I ever could have at the store. Less than half the price and some are free. I can read in direct sunlight, better than a book. Just so we’re clear, I love it love it love it.
My oldest niece is hoping they will get more text books for university online soon and then you can just download them to the ebook and no huge book to carry around and cheaper too.
Plus, I don’t have any more room on my bookshelf for more books
Exposing my bullshit is not cool Shannon, not cool.
The amount of content you can carry on these things is definitely a big plus, but then again, you’re very unusual for reading that many books every week. And, I didn’t know they worked that well in sunshine, although the iPad does not use the same screen technology as most eBook readers, so I’m sure it will work as well as laptops in direct sunlight (not at all).
True, the ipad will be like any laptop. Book readers are designed differently, specifically for reading not all the other crap. I think they are meant for insane people like me who read that much. Oh, and I think my oldest son, Jared, is exactly like me. He had a 3 day weekend from school and read the whole weekend. He finished 2 large books and is almost done the 3rd. Crazy like his mom.
Sorry about exposing your bullshit, but it would happen eventually.