Re: Reading on paper vs "screening" online and "screening" on a Kindle Screener

On 27/2/09 15:11, Graham J wrote:
"Chris Ridd"<chrisridd@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 2009-02-27 14:24:42 +0000, Thom<thom@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

danbloom wrote:
Reading on paper vs "screening" online and "screening" on a Kindle
Screener

I am curious to know if any other people here share my concerns about
the need for a new word in English, and other languages, too,
Nah, it is all the same

Besides, when you consider how many ways the word 'video' is used, I
think 'reading' gets off lightly.
But Reading of course, should not get off so lightly.

Anyway I can't see it worth distinguishing between reading reflected light
and transmitted light. eInk is reflected isn't it?


The real problem is with the display technology. Even the smallest laptop
isn't pocket sized in the way that a book is.

I could read documents on a PDA - this is a handy size, but the resolution
of most PDAs is wholly inadequate at 320 by 240 pixels. Even a typical
computer screen at 1280 by 1024 is barely adequate to resolve an A4 page of
10-point text. I am aware that there are viewers that will render documents
on a PDA in a readable font, but I don't envisage this as a good solution.

But even if a PDA with a screen the size of a business card had a resolution
of 1280 by 1024 I would need magnifying spectacles to read it.

So what I need is an optical device rather like a pocket microscope
containing a high resolution display. With the correct optics I could hold
the device up to my eye and see a virtual image of an A4 page at a reading
distance that my ageing eyes will focus on - it might even be possible to
have a binocular arrangement. (3D movie viewer, anyone?)

So my question: is there such a device available? Something like a PDA
mounted in the arm of a pair of spectacles?


While I love the idea of your pocket microscope (and while we are wishing, why not go the whole hog and have an optical implant, complete with internet feed, OSX in your eyeball...) you could just buy a Sony Reader or Kindle, which is the size of a book, reads like a book, has the resolution of paper and lasts for ages on a charge.

I love my Sony Reader, i'm an avid reader and have been all my life, and it has completely replaced paper novels for me.

T.

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