Comments on: Use your netbook as an e-book reader http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/use-your-netbook-as-an-e-book-reader/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:55:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joseph Gray http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/use-your-netbook-as-an-e-book-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-1017829 Joseph Gray Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:23:10 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/05/use-your-netbook-as-an-e-book-reader/#comment-1017829 Thanks for the tip on rotating the screen. FBReader has built in rotation, but this tip is useful for software that doesn't. My 1000HE hasn't arrived yet. I ordered the 1000HE specifically for the much longer battery life. The 1000HE will be replacing my Nokia N800 for ebook reading, primarily because I want a larger screen. I went with a netbook (don't sue me, Psion) instead of a dedicated ebook reader for several reasons: eInk is ok, but still isn't good enough for me; with a netbook I get more functionality; with a netbook I get color; dedicated ebook readers are still too expensive. Dedicated ereaders do have some advantages over a netbook when it comes to just reading. However, at this time, I'm netbooking it. Thanks for the tip on rotating the screen. FBReader has built in rotation, but this tip is useful for software that doesn’t.

My 1000HE hasn’t arrived yet. I ordered the 1000HE specifically for the much longer battery life. The 1000HE will be replacing my Nokia N800 for ebook reading, primarily because I want a larger screen.

I went with a netbook (don’t sue me, Psion) instead of a dedicated ebook reader for several reasons: eInk is ok, but still isn’t good enough for me; with a netbook I get more functionality; with a netbook I get color; dedicated ebook readers are still too expensive.

Dedicated ereaders do have some advantages over a netbook when it comes to just reading. However, at this time, I’m netbooking it.

]]> By: Paul Biba http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/use-your-netbook-as-an-e-book-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-1017720 Paul Biba Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:16:50 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/05/use-your-netbook-as-an-e-book-reader/#comment-1017720 fixed fixed

]]> By: Pawel http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/use-your-netbook-as-an-e-book-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-1017708 Pawel Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:14:55 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/05/use-your-netbook-as-an-e-book-reader/#comment-1017708 Just one more thing - the link to cnet article seems to be corrupted - one "http://" too much. Just one more thing – the link to cnet article seems to be corrupted – one “http://” too much.

]]> By: Pawel http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/use-your-netbook-as-an-e-book-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-1017707 Pawel Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:13:19 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/05/use-your-netbook-as-an-e-book-reader/#comment-1017707 This works not only on netbooks, but on regular notebooks also - checked on Lenovo. This works not only on netbooks, but on regular notebooks also – checked on Lenovo.

]]> By: Paul Biba http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/use-your-netbook-as-an-e-book-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-1017703 Paul Biba Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:58:27 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/05/use-your-netbook-as-an-e-book-reader/#comment-1017703 Works fine for me, don't know what to say. The arrows on my machine are the ones on the page up, page down, home and end keys. Works fine for me, don’t know what to say. The arrows on my machine are the ones on the page up, page down, home and end keys.

]]> By: majkia http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/use-your-netbook-as-an-e-book-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-1017701 majkia Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:30:01 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/05/use-your-netbook-as-an-e-book-reader/#comment-1017701 I have an ASUS 100HE and I can't get the ctl+alt+arrow to work. What's the secret? I have an ASUS 100HE and I can’t get the ctl+alt+arrow to work. What’s the secret?

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