And the Kindle can connect to the internet and do browsing, etc. I had a
friend on the beach in Florida emailing me a couple of weeks ago from
one and posting pictures on Facebook from it just to rub in that we were
home in the snow :-)
-----Original Message-----
From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of John Jones
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 12:03 PM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] iPad is Coming
Kindle's e-ink display is very different form an LCD/LED screen. For
one,
it draws no power unless the image needs to change. For another, the
image
does not wash out under sunlight.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper
For battery life, it's not always about how many hours straight you can
read. There's also the issue of what you need to take with you when
traveling. If you can get 10 days of normal use out of it, and this (
http://discuss.gdgt.com/amazon/kindle/2/general/battery-life-for-kindle-
2/ )
discussion (from before they improved the battery life) suggests that's
easy, for a week-long trip you don't need to pack charging cables or
have
yet another thing to plug in at night. So there's less to bring, less
to
lose, and less to have to do. Not to mention reducing energy
consumption in
general is a good thing, even if only by a few watts here & there. Over
the
product run of hundreds of thousands of devices, the energy conserved is
significant.
midrange.com
