Darryl Collins
darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au
Mon Dec 5 18:10:08 CST 2011
I think the one upside of Kindle over a tablet is probably the battery life. Personally I like a good ol' fashioned book. I love the way I can read it on the beach and never have to worry about battery issues, screen resolution, reflection or it getting too much salt and sand in the cracks. I like the tactile book thing too. The feel of the paper, the smell, the way you can get an idea of where you are in the story visually, and it make an excellent shade over your eyes when you want to have nap - try doing that with your tablet ;) The can see some upside to kindle and their ilk such as: 1: Environmental (less paper, less supply chain costs, less printing issues, less waste etc) 2: Speed of delivery (usually a lot faster than even FedEx) 3: Weight (books are heavy if you need to carry a lot of them) 4: Searchable: Much faster to search and reference But I still much prefer a decent paper book over them. Must be getting old ;) Just my thoughts Darryl. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust Sent: Tuesday, 6 December 2011 10:14 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] [dba-SQLServer] Users in SQL Server I wouldn't have a kindle on a plate! I'd simply get an android table and load the reader software on it. I've never liked the kindle layout or feel, so I see no reason to change now. Charlotte Foust On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:35 AM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > http://www.ecolibris.net/**bnindex.asp<http://www.ecolibris.net/bninde > x.asp> > > > > ;) > > It's unfortunate they stopped graphing the results. > > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > > Reality is what refuses to go away > when you do not believe in it > > On 12/5/2011 12:23 AM, Charlotte Foust wrote: > >> Thanks for the reminder, Chicken Little. LOL >> >> Charlotte Foust >> >> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 7:07 PM, >> jwcolby<jwcolby@**colbyconsulting.com<jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>> >> wrote: >> >> Yes but the nook is sold by a company that might not be here in a year. >>> ;) >>> >>> >>> John W. Colby >>> Colby Consulting >>> >>> Reality is what refuses to go away >>> when you do not believe in it >>> >>> On 12/4/2011 8:09 PM, Charlotte Foust wrote: >>> >>> Or you could buy the new Nook tablet. The Nook has had the >>> keyboard and >>>> touch screen for a long time. ;-) >>>> >>>> Charlotte Foust >>>> >>>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 4:18 PM, >>>> jwcolby<jwcolby@**colbyconsult**ing.com<http://colbyconsulting.com> >>>> >>>> <jwcolby@**colbyconsulting.com <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>>> >>>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> But - can you mark-up or annotate with a Kindle ? >>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Apparently to some extent that depends on the version. You >>>>> apparently can with the new Kindle Touch which has a virtual >>>>> keyboard and touch screen. >>>>> I >>>>> am looking at buying one of these. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> John W. Colby >>>>> Colby Consulting >>>>> >>>>> Reality is what refuses to go away when you do not believe in it >>>>> >>>>> On 12/4/2011 6:15 PM, Mark Simms wrote: >>>>> >>>>> But - can you mark-up or annotate with a Kindle ? I love to get >>>>> books in >>>>> >>>>>> PDF >>>>>> format and use Acrobat Pro to add notes and comments and highlighting. >>>>>> >>>>>> Don't know about this book but I try and get all my tech books >>>>>> for >>>>>> >>>>>> kindle >>>>>>> these days. Have a kindle reader and have the pc reader on my >>>>>>> desktop and laptop. That way I can share the book between my >>>>>>> devices. 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