Why You Should Use An E-Book Reader
2009 was a excellent year for ebook readers in general – and a very excellent year for the Amazon Kindle reader in particular. Even although ebook readers have now been available for a decade or so – the Franklin eBookman was launched in 1999 and is generally agreed to have been the initially – they only really caught the public interest during 2009.
At the risk of putting Sony’s nose out of joint, it’s probably honest to say that much of the credit for this must go to Amazon. The launch of Amazon’s Kindle 2.0 in February, followed by the Kindle DX in June, seemed to make reasonably a bit of interest in ebook readers. This hadn’t happened when Amazon released the original Kindle in November of 2007- so what was the difference?
Up in anticipation of very recently, Amazon’s unique selling point was the fact that the Kindle was the only reader available which featured wireless connectivity. But, since this was a feature of the original Kindle, it doesn’t clarify the surge in interest for ebook readers. Certainly the Kindle 2.0 was a considerably better looking piece of kit than the original Kindle. There was also a much better selection of Kindle books available. On the launch date of the Kindle 2.0 there were 240,000 Kindle titles to choose from. This has grown to close on 400,000 in just a few months. Amazon is currently adding new titles at an average rate of over 500 per day.
Or it could simply be the fact that the public had become more accustomed to digital books. No matter what the reason, it seems as if ebook readers are an thought whose time has come.
Ebook readers are simply portable devices that allow you to read ebooks – electronic or digital books. This has been possible for a long time now, simply by using a computer – or even an iPod. The main difference between reading a book on an ebook reader and a notebook is the types of show that each device uses. Computers use a backlit LCD show which will strain your eyes after a while. Ebook readers use something known as an eInk show, which is not backlit and much closer to reading text on paper
Without getting too technical, eInk displays consist of a transparent screen with electrical conductors not more than it. Thousands of tiny spheres are sandwiched between the screen and the conductors. Each sphere contains both black and white charged particles suspended in a liquid. The black particles have a negative charge and the white particles have a positive charge. Passing electrical current through the conductors, causes either the black or white particles to be driven to the screen in a manner such as to form readable text.
E-ink displays only use power when the page is being “on paper”. Once the particles have been set in place they will stay there. The e-ink technology is therefore, not only simpler on your eyes than using a backlit PC screen, it also has a much lower power requirement. What this means is that the battery life is considerably longer than would be the case for a backlit show – which is perfect for a battery operated mobile device.
At the moment, there is a long list of companies with ebook readers in development. Augmented competition will produce lower prices and, while 2009 may well be remembered as the year that ebook readers took off, 2010 could see them apt part of the mainstream consumer electronics market. They may be as ordinary as mobile phones or iPods by the year end.
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