On Tue, 17 May 2005, rvijay07 wrote:
I spoke to about 10 people in the last week that I personally know. The aged are hesitant to stay long infront of the Computer due to eye strain etc.,
I spend a lot of time reading at the computer, but it is NOT my favorite reading mode. I read e-books on a PDA. It works fine for me, because I'm extremely near-sighted. I just take off my glasses, hold the PDA a few inches from my nose, and scroll away. Many people do read on PDAs. If you carry one anyway, why not add a few dozen novels to read if you're stuck in line somewhere? Of course, PDAs aren't the final answer. The screen is too small and low-resolution for many. A tablet computer might work -- the Simputer? If I had the money, I'd buy a Librie and use free software hacks to get it to display English, or get a Cybook. -- Karen Lofstrom