e -readers

[trem1]

I'm thinking of buying Mrs T an e-reader for xmas but dont really know much about them, so thought i'd ask people's experiences/thoughts on them.
She likes to read books but only from certain authors so how easy are they to download, she is a real technophob so it doesnt have to have wifi or anything as i'll just download onto the desktop and transfer them over.
On the small amount of research ive done there seems to be backlit screens and e-ink? whatever that is.
Price isnt too important but ease of use is BUT we dont know how much she's gonna use it so i dont want to spend lots.

Any advice

[steve_earwig]

What do you want to spend all that money for? Get her a new hoover, women love that

[trem1]

What do you want to spend all that money for? Get her a new hoover, women love that

Steve after 16 years of marriage i have absolutely no doubt if i bought her a hoover or any other 'womens' tools i would be wearing it, and it wouldnt have been comfortable either

[trem1]

Besides have you seen the price of Dyson's

[steve_earwig]

It's ok mate, after 3 years I'd get the same Twas just my little joke.

I know nothing, apart from there's loads of them and I can't afford any. Try the reviews on Cnet?

[trem1]

It's ok mate, after 3 years I'd get the same Twas just my little joke.

I know nothing, apart from there's loads of them and I can't afford any. Try the reviews on Cnet?

yea i realised
looks like the new kindle is favorite @ £89, but trying to get my head around backlit or e-ink
It has to be really really easy to use as well otherwise it'll just gather dust, well it would if she wasnt constantly polishing/dusting etc
Can ebooks be 'found ' on the internet ??

[steve_earwig]

There's load on my file sharing programs but I don't know about legitimately

[trem1]

There's load on my file sharing programs but I don't know about legitimately

did i mention 'that' word...................................................


legitimately

[FarmerPug]

Ive read on a kindle, and on an iPad, the kindle is much more comfortable for reading books on, the display is like an old black and white nokia screen except the resolution is much clearer and sharper, you can read them in sunny or bright areas, they really are like reading a book.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDKrzGpmSQM
the iPad is more expensive, but then you can do a lot more on them, although the screen is good it just isnt the same for reading from, not as good in the sunlight and can be a bit irritating to stare at for long times.

[steve_earwig]

The uploader has not made this video available in your country

[FarmerPug]

its the gadget show review of the kindle

[steve_earwig]

It's ok, I can watch it through a proxy, it just pisses me off the amount of times I see that

It's very hard to find useful reviews because this stuff goes out of date in minutes.

Kindle: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/pc-p ... ictTab#top

I think I'd be investigating the Kindle, mainly because the rest are money-grubbing barstewards (especially The Sony World Domination and Dangerous Toy Co. who are kings of the above bullshit )

[scooby]

hi a freind of mine recently got a kindle they are from amazon so available online there are thousands of free books you can download direct and the more popualar ones are cheaper the the origanal book would be you can use them wifi and dowmload direct or plug to your pc i know my freind reads loads and loves the fact it fits in her pocket and has a realy good battery life

[lozz]

There's load on my file sharing programs but I don't know about legitimately

did i mention 'that' word...................................................


legitimately

http://btjunkie.org/search?q=e+books

[omega]

buy her a book!
she can read it anywhere,bath,beach etc,if its to dark you can buy her a torch or get her a voucher for specsavers
or if thats to expensive
get her a library card they free and she can get thousands of books.