My Kindle (the entry-level model) doesn't have a backlight, which I really hate. I vastly prefer the Kindle app on my iPod Touch, despite the screen being so much smaller than on the Kindle.
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Steph L. - Mar 22, 2012 4:12:27 pm PDT #19723 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
NoiseDesign - Mar 22, 2012 4:13:59 pm PDT #19724 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Yeah, I hadn't caught that before, I don't think I've ever seen e-ink with a backlight. I know my Kindle 2 didn't have it, and K's current Kindle Touch does not.
Ginger - Mar 22, 2012 4:24:37 pm PDT #19725 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I don't know how e-ink could have a backlight.
§ ita § - Mar 22, 2012 4:31:09 pm PDT #19726 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Same here on the backlightless e-ink. That's why I have it, because it has no backlight.
javachik - Mar 22, 2012 4:34:26 pm PDT #19727 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Yup. I stare at computer screens all damned day for work. It's e-ink for me all the way: no damned backlight!
Ginger - Mar 22, 2012 4:35:54 pm PDT #19728 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm on a computer all day. I'd rather have have the rest offered by something that reads like paper.
meara - Mar 22, 2012 4:38:22 pm PDT #19729 of 25501
Yeah, that's why I'm comfy reading my kindle long hours, even if lately I've been playing around with my new ipad a lot.
Pix - Mar 22, 2012 6:41:56 pm PDT #19730 of 25501
The status is NOT quo.
Yup. I stare at computer screens all damned day for work. It's e-ink for me all the way: no damned backlight!
Yes, this.
Typo Boy - Mar 22, 2012 7:31:44 pm PDT #19731 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
OK not having actually used e-ink I had the impression that backlight was an option. Probalby mixing it up with something else.
meara - Mar 23, 2012 8:58:10 am PDT #19732 of 25501
OK, help. I got a new work computer. (Lexmark X204n to be precise). I have installed it on my work computer and my laptop. It has an ethernet port. I hooked it up to my system (my house is wired with ethernet, randomly).
I can't, however, figure out how to print to it from either computer if that computer isn't USB connected.
I tried various different settings on my Mac (OS 10.6.?), and managed to get it to SEE the thing, but as a "this is hooked up to the WinXP computer", and when I try to print to it, it says some sort of "access denied" type language.
Anyone help?