Is there any advantage of reading on a Kindle device versus say an iPad?
Is there any advantage of reading on a Kindle device versus say an iPad?
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Is there any advantage of reading on a Kindle device versus say an iPad?
Kindle = no backlight = no eyestrain = Kindle win.
i personally prefer my iphone to read on for when i read the occasional ebook.
I go back and forth now between iPhone and iPad but had to Up my reading glasses last month and have had more headaches. Today my eyes are pulsating. Just wondering if a Kindle might help some. ?probably does not help k have an addiction to the WWF game. I should give that up. ?
If you like your eyes ..get a kindle don’t read a book on a tablet – smartphone etc
The screens from a regular tablet or phone is not suitable for reading because of the glare. A kindle has a special screen just for that purpose 🙂 I’ve heard good things about the Kindle Paperwhite
I agree with the above replies. I get headaches if I stare at my phone or computer or tablet for too long, but a standalone e-reader like a Kindle is specially designed precisely for reading. I too, use reading glasses (progressive glasses) for my vision and there really is no comparison. I can see why people who have only experienced phone or tablet screens “hate e-books”. I only read from my phone if my Kindle is not handy.
Battery life of a month and a dedicated reading device with no temptation or distraction from the purpose of reading.
I read on my Kindle Fire with the screen light adjusted down and enjoy it. I alternate between that and paper books and usually have one of each going at the same time.
Lighting, eye strain, battery life. If you get one with a more gentle light it’s easier on the eyes
Kindle is better but paper books are best
idk, i retain less of my reaing on kindle
Kindles are e-ink and gentler on the eyes than tablets which are backlit.
Kindle paperwhite is the bomb for reading
No distractions on a Kindle.
Real books are waaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy better.
Ebooks are real books but I agree. I’m a regular library patron. There are times when my only choice is a downloaded book either from the library or Kindle. ?
I couldn’t cope with electronic books. They would do my head in. I get headache just using the phone or computer. To read from one would feel like borers going into my eyes?
Ebooks on a tablet or phone are VERY eyestrain inducing. An eink Kindle is unlike those screens. Totally different technology! I read either from a Kindle or a physical book.
@Robbie It took me a while to adjust. I did medical transcription for 20 years so was used to staring at computer screen. I’d read all paper I’d I could but not always an option unfortunately. ?
I have an iPad mini and a kindle paperwhite. I usually prefer to read on my iPad. but if i’m on vacation or long road trips or reading out in the sun, I will read on the paperwhite.
IPad is heaviest. Kindle the size of a book. I can turn on the night shade function on my kindle and it turns off the blue light.
Which kindle version do you have?
Kindle – more lightweight, less eye strain, long battery life, distraction-free!
Smaller and lighter much cheaper to buy a kindle then iPad
Already own iPad. Pretty sure after this thread I’m going to purchase a Kindle paper white. Need to try it st least.
Not quite an appropropriate answer to what you have asked but I have just posted the following tirade on Facebook here in South Africa. Justified or not? Please help.
I am sick and tired – you are hereby warned too – of Apple, Kindle and Takealot because of the ways they are now selling and imposing unfair (to be very kind) restrictions on ebooks:
– I cannot highlight/add footnotes to sections in documents (ebooks) on my iPad and in the .pdf format they now sell it to you.
– I cannot transfer an ebook between my computers (iPad to laptop in this case.)
– I cannot, without prior warning or consent, and as I have done before, find, open and transfer documents between the Kindle and other computers anymore.
All these restrictions makes buying ebooks (at more or less the same price as that of a hard copy) too cumbersome, too risky, too uncertain, too rigid and erode too many normal rights and universal perceptions of ownership.
It is time we do something about it.
I use Calibre as well on my kindle fire
I read entirely for pleasure so fortunately these problems do not apply to me at this time. Find interesting though. Thank you.
Going to research Calibre. Not familiar at all.
I cannot read books on an ipad. Kindle is great. Why? Because the kindle’s technology emulates paper. No eye strain. Plus, the paperwhite is backlit so one never worry about having correct lighting. Only gripe I have is that a version I loved, the kindle DX is no longer made. The DX version was about the size of a TIME magazine and that screen size allowed one to use the largest font offered. Oh yeah…another advantage is choosing the font and font size you want.
I love my kindle fire for reading. I have the 6th gen so it has blue light filtering and doesn’t strain my eyes. I would love to get the new oasis, but that’s not I’m the budget atm
The kindle paperwhite is much easier on the eyes, cause the iPad and Android have a reflective screen. Ever try reading on a mirror?
I use library downloads and find the Kindle awkward.
What do you read your downloads on?
@Denise I use an iPad mini. It is very light. I get library downloads through Libby, Hoopla, and Overdrive. I belong to libraries in Lansing, Michigan and (until February) St Augustine, Florida.
@Dallas My iPad full size. I use Axis and overdrive. Tried that nationwide library (forgot name) but format horrid. Did have older books though which was nice ?
@Denise what is Axis?
@Dallas Axis360 is correct name. It is an app like Overdrive that some libraries use to offer ebooks for borrowing.
I have a kindle fire and I can tell you there is nothing compare to reading the old fashion way turning the book leaves. I only use my kindle to go on the internet not to read. I prefer just buying a book and read.
@Denise thanks.
I read on my Asus tablet just fine. I can put it to not disturb during reading and adjust the brightness, font etc. I honestly just don’t want yet another device.
I have both but read off my kindle as it is glare free and doesn’t give me a headache x
Yea I have one of the kindle ereaders that isn’t back lit so pretty much acts like a real book. I prefer it a lot more than my iPad
And another thing…: It seems as if ( definitely in the case of Amazon and its Kindle) ebook sellers change formats and frequently introduce new operating systems/machines which makes it and our older ebooks redundant, inaccessible, unusable and even hide it is so effectively that you cannot find it on your existing machines anymore! I therefore suggest to readers to treat all these user unfriendly, encrypted and proprietary ebook sellers as, if not criminal, then at least dubious, malignant and unfair. It is time for the world’s readers to unite and remove this cancerous scourge from the internet. Let’s fight for one permanent or always transferable format for ebooks.
I’m not sure I’m entirely following or understanding all of your points. Your first post above,however, you mention moving from device to device. Do they limit this? I only read from two at this time.
Denise Newmark No, transfer means from one to the other, not copying. The reason is to keep your indefinite ownership of the book intact when the ebook sellers (as Amazon did with Kindle) change access or even remove content when they introduce new computers, operating systems and propriety formats. It will also allow us to keep our books when they (Microsoft is a big culprit here) no longer support older operating systems like the older Windows systems. Just try to find all the documents on an IPad. You can not because they hide it, fearing that you will transfer (even your own .pdf documents!) to Windows, but where does it leave you?
@Willem Ok. Thank you.
I use my Mini IPad and love reading on it. I do have a Kindle White for outside only xx
They are completely different technologies. Reading from a Kindle is amazing whereas a tablet is “a screen”. The technology from the Kindle (e-readers, not tablets) is e-ink and the lighting is at the front which makes a difference for eye comfort. In some ways I almost forget I am not reading from a paper book! When many people visualize “e-books” they think “tablet or phone” but in reality the world of e-reading is much better.
Oops I just realize I replied to an old thread. oops
Thank you!! ♥️?♥️