RFP: Reading Tablet

Steinberg Lounge
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Still haven’t bought but…

  1. iPad… $500. Pshaw… It’s also a complete pain for side-loading content.
  2. For -reading-, the thing I found that matters is pixel count. And the Nook and Kindle HDs have 'em. VERY legible.
  3. Also, although the Nook has no camera, it -does- run apps. I was able to run Cubase iCPro and the VSL remote control app on it. Wunderbra!
  4. The Nook reader paginates PDF by swiping… which a lot of tablets don’t. This matters for reading. It’s also CRAZY light. Which matters more than I realised for reading at long stretches.
  5. I think they’re about to go outta biz. I’m pretty sure the Nook will be $79 before long.
  6. The only low cost Tablet I’d get is the Google Nexus HD… $250. The Samsung is better but that’s $350.

But literally for $79 I’ll be able to -read- properly and the ability to do some basic remote control apps is a nice plus.

YMMV