tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post6579434541539745504..comments2024-03-18T22:39:50.137-07:00Comments on A Kindle World blog: Quick Tip: More space on your PC or laptop screenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-68208577375159822152010-02-12T07:07:39.816-08:002010-02-12T07:07:39.816-08:00Oh, the reason I will do a blog entry on maximum s...Oh, the reason I will do a blog entry on maximum screen space, is just what you said about vertical orientation for reading. There are tools to rotate a laptop or netbook screen and you could hold it like the similarly heavy Entourage Edge. :-) <br /><br /> The keypad is also affected then and aligned with the rotation. Mine is 2.7 lbs and I'd not choose it for e-book reading except for brief periods on the Kindle for PC or Adobe / B&N / Mobipocket readers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-81518420109733993922010-02-12T07:04:15.051-08:002010-02-12T07:04:15.051-08:00I think the iPad crowd will concentrate on video/f...I think the iPad crowd will concentrate on video/film content. Most of them don't seem that bent on reading ('longform').<br /><br /> I've been seeing complaints that the iPad screen is not widescreen the way "it ought to be" and complaining about the black bars that will result with 'letterboxing'...<br /><br /> Since I have the Samsung 10.2" netbook (wonderful matte screen and large, quality keyboard) and am into photos, which aren't usually wide-screen I too do want the screen to be higher, which is why I've looked for ways to get no distractions at top or bottom w/o just maximizing -- almost like a borderless screen.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-75537001032928725392010-02-12T06:19:58.492-08:002010-02-12T06:19:58.492-08:00This problem has been even worse by the extremely ...This problem has been even worse by the extremely unfortunate industry trend towards so-called "widescreen" displays, where vertical pixels have been sacrificed in favor of horizontal. This is exactly wrong for reading large quantities of text. It's no accident that books (and the Kindle) are made in a portrait format.Mark Alexanderhttp://www.bloovis.com/noreply@blogger.com