On Feb 18, 10:37*pm, David Cantrell wrote:
\ A device that only does one thing has to do it a *lot* better than
the
competition to justify carrying it around*. *And so I don't have a
Kindle. *My phone isn't quite as good at being a book reader, but it's
"good enough". *My ability to use it for the joy of immersive, long-form
reading is limited solely by how well the author has done his job.

Trouble is, the Kindle makes a pretty damned poor web browser too, so
it still effectively only does one thing, and does it in a very large
device which counts even more against it.

* this is why I carry an iPod as well as an iPhone - the iPod is a
*much* better device for listening to music.

I'm assuming by "better" you mean "holds more", here? My flatmate's
iPhone has a better music interface than my iPod Classic, sadly you
can't get a 160gb iPhone yet.

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John Band
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