I still have an old Kindle and it still gets months of battery life. I occasionally read comics so this may get me to upgrade.

  • Juice
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    92 months ago

    I’m super torn between not wanting more Amazon in my life and wanting a convenient way to binge a lot of comics and manga

      • Juice
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        52 months ago

        Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll look into it 🤔

        • @EvilBit
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          22 months ago

          As another owner of the Kobo Libra Colour, I can recommend it for its excellent ergonomics and UI. Plus as a bonus, it has pen support!

    • @[email protected]
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      52 months ago

      Youre looking for an Onyx Boox tablet - a little pricey, but worth it for the un-enshitified tablet.

    • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥
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      12 months ago

      I want to read comics but I also don’t want to miss out on that feeling when you turn a page and are greeted with awesome two page spreads.

      Unfortunately no tablet or e-reader can have this functionality.

      • @Zanshi
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        12 months ago

        My Kobo Libra Color does it. I do sometimes need a bit of time to format manga properly but it’s perfectly doable.

      • @helpImTrappedOnline
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        On my iPad, I use an app called Manga Plus and in landscape I get the two page spreads. I suppose any app that’s supports two-page landscape view would work. But that wouldn’t work well for smaller tablets

        • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥
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          12 months ago

          Of course. However comics have square-ish aspect ratio when it is two pages side by side and rectangular when it is one page.

          No screen can accommodate this change properly, yet. Maybe folding or roll-out displays will manage this someday.

          Like imagine reading this along

          All these interactions arranged in a grid squares

          And then you turn over the page to be greeted by this grotesque monstrosity

          (The comic is The Immortal Hulk by Al Ewing)

      • @accideath
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        42 months ago

        Normal tablets don’t have e-Ink screens and for reading electrophoretic displays are vastly superior to LED/LCD screens.

          • @accideath
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            32 months ago

            They still have much longer battery life and they’re still like reading on paper. Just not in a very high “print” quality when in colour.

              • @accideath
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                12 months ago

                For e-readers? It’s fine, if it’s modified heavily enough. The tolino e-reader line (before they just became kobos) used a heavily modified version of Android and they were great devices.