E-Readers Demonstration

Kris' blue-screen machine

The day started out rather warm with a temperature of 87 degrees at 9:30. We had a nice meeting with the usual food and beverages.  There was a nice couple that came in for the e-reader demonstration.

Kris started out the demo starting with the Libre. This has a lot of versatility with changing fonts, listening to music and looking at Pictures.  One of the bad things is that when you shut it off it is not off. After 1 week it goes dead and you have to recharge the batteries.  With most e-readers when you shut them off it goes back to where you left off. This is about $70.

The uninformed instructing

Mark showed what the Kindle will do.  He showed that his Bible travels through time but that the eReaders do not.  They are only good until the next one comes out.  He showed his wife’s Kindle and what the difference is between them.  It has a screen saver and you can increase the font size just like the Libre.  You can get it with and without the 3G   network.  Within minutes you can get a map, it can hold several books; you can hook it up to a computer and download things to the Kindle. It can hold 2 or 3 thousand books. It ranges in price from $110 to $190.

Miss Jane in action

Jane and Kris gave talked about the iPads and the various icons on the desktop. The reason for buying it is for the educational applications. You can turn it horizontal or vertical and the screen automatically moves with you.  On the iPad, unlike on the Kindle or Libre, it has sound.  You can have the e-reader read to you, or put your own voice in it to read the book, or read it yourself. Jane has the iPad1.  It doesn't have all the flash the iPad2 but you can surf the web, get the weather, use a calculator just like the iPad2.  There isn't a camera like on the iPad2 and it is a little heavier.They run from $499 to $849.