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To: Swordmaker
The iPad is threatening to restore literacy at the expense of Television!

I'm not as sanguine unless Apple increases the screen resolution of the touchscreen on the iPad to 1280x768 or 1280x960 so on-screen fonts can be rendered more cleanly for a better long-term reading experience. I've seen the Barnes & Noble Color Nook and the font quality on the color screen is just phenomenal.

20 posted on 01/15/2011 11:00:17 AM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: RayChuang88

I had eye-strain problems while reading books on my iPad at first, too, even using the Kindle App. I solved the problem by slightly increasing the size of the font.

Now my main complaint is that the iBook application uses up the battery too fast. I can switch the Kindle App text to white on black, but that option does not exist in iBook.


21 posted on 01/15/2011 2:39:31 PM PST by jimtorr
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To: RayChuang88
Ray, I'm not sure what you are saying... According to authoritative sources, as of 12/01/2010:

the Latest nook has a screen resolution of 1024×600 and a pixel density of 169 pixels per inch and the iPad has a screen resolution of 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch

Any apparent difference is screen size (6" to 9.7"), which affects dot pitch...but screen resolution is essentially the same.

22 posted on 01/15/2011 3:08:18 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone.)
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