Comments on: N73 in Use: Mobile books http://www.all-things-me.net/blog/2007/04/29/n73-in-use-mobile-books Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:44:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Minna http://www.all-things-me.net/blog/2007/04/29/n73-in-use-mobile-books#comment-9702 Minna Sun, 13 May 2007 09:11:33 +0000 http://www.all-things-me.net/blog/2007/04/23/n73-in-use-mobile-books#comment-9702 After adjusting the font to bigger than normal book font, it's still nicely readable and definitely not 2 words per page. The page counter isn't very reliable though. Last night I deleted my bookmark because I continued reading and accidentally went to the first page (trying to find the 'change orientation' shortcut) and couldn't get back, so I had to scroll 362 pages. (There's a con for the application: no "go to page" or other kind of search function.) To make it faster I shrank the font to smallest possible and started scrolling. When I got to where I had read last time, it was page 140! I suppose the best indicator is the progress bar which tells me I'm soon halfway through. After adjusting the font to bigger than normal book font, it’s still nicely readable and definitely not 2 words per page.

The page counter isn’t very reliable though. Last night I deleted my bookmark because I continued reading and accidentally went to the first page (trying to find the ‘change orientation’ shortcut) and couldn’t get back, so I had to scroll 362 pages. (There’s a con for the application: no “go to page” or other kind of search function.) To make it faster I shrank the font to smallest possible and started scrolling. When I got to where I had read last time, it was page 140! I suppose the best indicator is the progress bar which tells me I’m soon halfway through.

]]> By: jafer http://www.all-things-me.net/blog/2007/04/29/n73-in-use-mobile-books#comment-9530 jafer Sun, 06 May 2007 17:54:39 +0000 http://www.all-things-me.net/blog/2007/04/23/n73-in-use-mobile-books#comment-9530 I also like to see how many pages total to a book - gives me an idea of how long a book it will be and how long to read. I don't know if I could read these versions of the book though, there'd probably be 2 words per page for me after adjusting the font size to something I could see. :sad: I also like to see how many pages total to a book - gives me an idea of how long a book it will be and how long to read. I don’t know if I could read these versions of the book though, there’d probably be 2 words per page for me after adjusting the font size to something I could see. :sad:

]]> By: Minna http://www.all-things-me.net/blog/2007/04/29/n73-in-use-mobile-books#comment-9437 Minna Tue, 01 May 2007 13:43:09 +0000 http://www.all-things-me.net/blog/2007/04/23/n73-in-use-mobile-books#comment-9437 Hmm... I don't <em>mind</em> reading books this way, and actually now that I'm reading Gulliver's Travels on the mobile, it's more interesting than Edgar Allan Poe's short stories so I end up reading the eBook instead of the paperback. I guess it just depends on what book it is, not what it is made of. A lot of sentences fit on the N73 screen. :) But someone actually commented somewhere that because less text fits on the screen than the page of a book, it's faster/easier to read a mobile eBook. Eyes can move faster over the text because the lines are shorter. Hmm… I don’t mind reading books this way, and actually now that I’m reading Gulliver’s Travels on the mobile, it’s more interesting than Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories so I end up reading the eBook instead of the paperback. I guess it just depends on what book it is, not what it is made of.

A lot of sentences fit on the N73 screen. :) But someone actually commented somewhere that because less text fits on the screen than the page of a book, it’s faster/easier to read a mobile eBook. Eyes can move faster over the text because the lines are shorter.

]]> By: Kory http://www.all-things-me.net/blog/2007/04/29/n73-in-use-mobile-books#comment-9427 Kory Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:43:42 +0000 http://www.all-things-me.net/blog/2007/04/23/n73-in-use-mobile-books#comment-9427 Do you enjoy reading books this way? I remember my mom was into e-books when she got her (either a Tungsten, or Treo, I can't remember, she's had both). It immediately reminded me of this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snl" rel="nofollow">SNL</a> skit where they were doing a mock commercial for some sort of Virtual Books. You wear this headset, and you see this first-person old-generation 3D view. You, sitting in a chair, reading a virtual book, but of course, because of the text size and everything, you can only read half a sentence before you need to turn the page. I dunno, nothing beats a good hard-cover for me. Do you enjoy reading books this way? I remember my mom was into e-books when she got her (either a Tungsten, or Treo, I can’t remember, she’s had both).

It immediately reminded me of this SNL skit where they were doing a mock commercial for some sort of Virtual Books. You wear this headset, and you see this first-person old-generation 3D view. You, sitting in a chair, reading a virtual book, but of course, because of the text size and everything, you can only read half a sentence before you need to turn the page.

I dunno, nothing beats a good hard-cover for me.

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