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"Consumers are now split between the small pocket-sized devices with 5-inch or 6-inch screens and the larger screen 8-inch to 10-inch screen readers, " says Epps.
Though they are an improvement on a computer screen, e-book readers remain crude simulacra of books.
Throw in Internet, apps and e-mail -- all on a full-color tablet screen -- and e-readers suffer by comparison.
Taking advantage of the wider screen of the larger Android devices, readers can save more of their favorite sections as tiles and can see larger story excerpts as they flip through their magazine.
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The tournament play software, created by leading UK developers The Site Doctor, extracts the information collected via the RFID readers and relays it on screen in an easy-to-follow, graphical display alongside the HD video footage of each player.
The Cybook Odyssey is one of the few readers to offer a perfect touch screen management AND mechanical buttons.
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It lets readers change fonts, tap the screen to turn pages or drag pages with their finger, according to Jobs' demonstration.
But, it's a nice touch that gives the screen a tactile feel not found on other e-readers.
Well, we run a business, and pagination helps us deliver the ads that pay the bills (yes, readers really do click to a second and third screen).
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Likewise, I recently wrote a detailed plan for how to best bring Batman back to the big screen, and it seemed mostly pretty popular with fans and readers.
The e-paper slate is quite a lot bigger than most tablets, let alone e-readers, sporting a 13.3-inch screen (1, 200 x 1, 600) to match the standard A4 size of normal, boring paper.
The bigger question is whether increasing homepage visits ought to be a priority given AOL other stated goals of diversifying its sources of traffic and finding new audiences for its many content websites other than readers who get there via links on the welcome screen.
About a third were reading fiction on screen, with higher levels for those using tablet computers or e-readers.
Some 500 people have been given electronic-book readers, a gadget the size of a paperback with a screen like that of a laptop computer and a slot to take a memory card that can store three or four novels.
"If you love reading and are looking to invest a chunk of money into a device as a dedicated e-reader, then the iPad is not your best bet, " Cesar Torres, of CNN content partner ArsTechnica , wrote last year in a review comparing the third-generation iPad to e-readers such as the third-generation Kindle. (That iPad has the same screen as the most recent one).
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