Reading has always been the best hobby ever since you learn to read. You are forced to read in the primary school, secondary school, matriculation, undergraduate studies and postgraduate studies just to pass your exam. But besides that, reading will also increase the understanding and learning of new things. Reading is not only for passing exams.
Reading a book not for passing exam had been a problem for me ever since I passed my postgraduate in Radiology in 2003. Carrying or reading a book other than Medical or Radiology books at work seems very awkward. Ebook could be the solution. I have tried to read ebooks ever since I am using my first PDA, ie Sony Clie S360. But due to the small screen, you can only concentrate for only a few minutes or only a few pages. I thought Tablets will give a much better reading experience. So I bought an Ipad2 and then a Samsung Galaxy Tab. Boy, I am totally wrong. The colorful LCD screen and the multifunctional capabilities of the Tablet, did not help much. For an Ebook reading, the colorful LCD screen will not help your eyes. The longest time I can spent in reading an ebook on a tablet is 10 pages. After that my eyes will got very tired. Besides, the multifunctional capability of a tablet, will always pull you away from the boring ebook and you will open Facebook or a browser instead.
However I was pushed to get a dedicated Ebook reader when I was in Christchurch. Even before that, I have been reading about these Ebook Readers. The popular ones are Kindles, Kobo Reader, Iriver Story or Google Reader or Sony Ereader. Unfortunately, most of the dedicated Ebook Reader are not available locally. The only one that I can find is the Iriver Story, which is renamed as MPH Reader and sold at MPH Online. Others such as Kindle, Kobo Reader and Sony Reader are not available here. However there are few parallel importers for Kindle in Malaysia, which allows you to buy it directly from them.
Kindle by Amazon is very popular in USA and Europe. I tend to go with Kindle due to a very wide availability of ebooks in Amazon. Since I am already in New Zealand and Kindle is sold officially there, I got myself a Kindle4. This is the fourth generation of ebook reader. It is using the E ink technology with a 6 inch screen. The 2GB memory is good enough to put in thousands of ebooks. I registered my account in Christchurch using my sisters's address and bought a few ebooks. Kindly only support AZW and PDF formats. However, using Calibre, you can convert and PDF and EPUB ebooks into AZW format. PDF reading in Kindle is not as good as reading the AZW format ebooks.
Next, a simple review of Kindle4 and Kindle Touch.
Reading a book not for passing exam had been a problem for me ever since I passed my postgraduate in Radiology in 2003. Carrying or reading a book other than Medical or Radiology books at work seems very awkward. Ebook could be the solution. I have tried to read ebooks ever since I am using my first PDA, ie Sony Clie S360. But due to the small screen, you can only concentrate for only a few minutes or only a few pages. I thought Tablets will give a much better reading experience. So I bought an Ipad2 and then a Samsung Galaxy Tab. Boy, I am totally wrong. The colorful LCD screen and the multifunctional capabilities of the Tablet, did not help much. For an Ebook reading, the colorful LCD screen will not help your eyes. The longest time I can spent in reading an ebook on a tablet is 10 pages. After that my eyes will got very tired. Besides, the multifunctional capability of a tablet, will always pull you away from the boring ebook and you will open Facebook or a browser instead.
However I was pushed to get a dedicated Ebook reader when I was in Christchurch. Even before that, I have been reading about these Ebook Readers. The popular ones are Kindles, Kobo Reader, Iriver Story or Google Reader or Sony Ereader. Unfortunately, most of the dedicated Ebook Reader are not available locally. The only one that I can find is the Iriver Story, which is renamed as MPH Reader and sold at MPH Online. Others such as Kindle, Kobo Reader and Sony Reader are not available here. However there are few parallel importers for Kindle in Malaysia, which allows you to buy it directly from them.
Kindle by Amazon is very popular in USA and Europe. I tend to go with Kindle due to a very wide availability of ebooks in Amazon. Since I am already in New Zealand and Kindle is sold officially there, I got myself a Kindle4. This is the fourth generation of ebook reader. It is using the E ink technology with a 6 inch screen. The 2GB memory is good enough to put in thousands of ebooks. I registered my account in Christchurch using my sisters's address and bought a few ebooks. Kindly only support AZW and PDF formats. However, using Calibre, you can convert and PDF and EPUB ebooks into AZW format. PDF reading in Kindle is not as good as reading the AZW format ebooks.
Next, a simple review of Kindle4 and Kindle Touch.
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