Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Funnily enough I have found backlighting to be the greatest advantage of electronic devices for reading on a plane. The "reading light" is never correctly angled to shine on a book or other document whilst in a comfortable position for reading IME. A backlit display can be comfortably read in any position without even considering switching the bloody "reading light" on... FD On 26 Sep, 2010, at 04:40, Marty Deveney wrote: > When I travel I need to keep up with literature and typically I end up > reading a dozen papers or more a day; I prefer the un-backlit Kindle > screen for reading. > > But I am sure I'll spring for an iPad as soon as it has a camera in it > for video conferencing. Like Nathan I travel with a Macbook or a > Macbook Pro, but one rarely discussed advantage of the iPad is that > the LCD screen in the iPad is vastly more useful for looking at or > editing photos than a conventional laptop screen because the gamma > changes much less with viewing angle. > > It's a lot lighter than a laptop or even a netbook, which is important to > me. > > Marty