Comments on: The Apple Tablet – Amazing? Or Another Nail in the Coffin? http://jpsblog.org/blog/2009/12/01/the-apple-tablet-amazing-or-another-nail-in-the-coffin/ Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:31:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: CVBruce http://jpsblog.org/blog/2009/12/01/the-apple-tablet-amazing-or-another-nail-in-the-coffin/#comment-2117 CVBruce Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:45:28 +0000 http://jpsblog.org/?p=1663#comment-2117 Sarah, I like the feel of books too, but I also like digital books. I checked the other day, and I bought my first digital book in 2001. I like digital books for a couple of reasons. I read in bed at night before going to sleep. No matter which book light I tried, it was either too dim for me to see or too bright for my wife. Digital books were the perfect answer. I also like that my current digital book reader, an iPod Touch is much lighter than most books. I also like that I can carry a whole library around with me. I currently have over 200 books in my pocket. Wherever I go, I have the JPS Tanakh via the Kindle app for the Touch. I like the eReader software, because I can tap on any word in a book and the software pulls up the definition from Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. A larger screen like the rumored Apple Tablet, would be perfect for the JPS Tanakh in the Hebrew/English version, which I don't see working too well on a small screen. I will be looking forward to see what Apple decides to do. Sarah, I like the feel of books too, but I also like digital books. I checked the other day, and I bought my first digital book in 2001.

I like digital books for a couple of reasons. I read in bed at night before going to sleep. No matter which book light I tried, it was either too dim for me to see or too bright for my wife. Digital books were the perfect answer. I also like that my current digital book reader, an iPod Touch is much lighter than most books.

I also like that I can carry a whole library around with me. I currently have over 200 books in my pocket. Wherever I go, I have the JPS Tanakh via the Kindle app for the Touch. I like the eReader software, because I can tap on any word in a book and the software pulls up the definition from Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary.

A larger screen like the rumored Apple Tablet, would be perfect for the JPS Tanakh in the Hebrew/English version, which I don’t see working too well on a small screen.

I will be looking forward to see what Apple decides to do.

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