riahc3 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 A friend of mine yesterday asked me about a tablet to read books. I recommended a e-ink reader for eyes. Followed, I talked about the Amazon Kindle but some time has passed and I wanted to know if there is anything similar and better in the same price range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yakumo Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 The lighting tech in the kindle paperwhite is really very cool, as is the battery life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckeratlarge Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I love my Kindle Paperwhite 2013 but the battery life is arse. Don't know whether its because of the books on it (indexing which hasn't worked/finished) or because I read more than the 30 mins/day. Supposed to last 8 weeks, I have to re-charge every 4 or 5 days. Mates Kobo is a good e-reader though. It has a light on it and he loves it. Don't know about the nook or sony ones but can't see them being bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 Seems like the impossible; Wants cheaper than the Kindle! Told its gonna be tough but.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiranui Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Recently bought a Kobo Aura. Very happy with it. If only I had more time to actually read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrian Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 http://www.amazon.com/Barnes-Noble-GlowLight-Includes-Adapter/dp/B00884BPUE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395620711&sr=8-1&keywords=nook+simple+touch+with+glowlight or http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/nook-glowlight-barnes-noble/1114959612 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I still have my first gen kindle, nothing else comes close to it for battery life, but then it's not backlit I would go with any low priced tablet, they all make great readers, and I believe you can install the free kindle app on all the popular brands from their respective app stores I cannot say from personal experience, but the fire isn't as good as it's hype, but then again, if we're honest, not many devices are... The only recommendation I can give, out of conscience, is don't get a galaxy tab 7, I am impressed by it, decent spec, but I'll be lucky if I can get 7 hours out of it, my note 10.1 can go 2 or 3 days+ on just the kindle (I won my tab 7 from amazon, so technically I didn't lose anything by trying it <gave it to my 10 year old>) (On a side note, if you have an amazon account, you might want to look into their competitions now and again, if you're lucky enough to win one, you can always gift it, or trade it in for another device) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrian Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I have a friend who has a 7" Kindle Fire HDX and it's a fantastic device, very much living up to the hype, but it's extremely locked down to Amazon services only and has no sdcard port. I don't think he wants that expensive of a device, anyway. I love the Nook brand, so I'll push that for e-ink. The Kindle isn't any better than the Nook, so it's a matter of whether you want a sdcard or not (the new Nook Glowlight makes that point moot; neither have it, so you'll have to go track down an older e-ink model) and whether you prefer you books in mobi or epub. I will also admit that the Kobo readers look fantastic from a technical standpoint, but I don't personally like the way it renders text (e.g. paragraphs are always have a space between them instead of being indented). I don't know if you can install apps on the Kobo so that you could use the Nook or Kindle app to read on it instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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