New Nook
SimpleTouch Has LED Lighting
I love the feel of a paperback book in my hand. I’ve loved reading ever since I could read and sneak away to do it
whenever I have the time. Most mornings
when I get home from work I’m still very much awake, and have learned that
laying there wishing I’d fall asleep is worse than actually sleeping during the
day. So I read. We have an LED light on an adjustable strap
that fits around a head. Since I don’t
want to wake my guys up, or want them to think I’m trying to sleep, I turn the
device on rather than the light connected to the switch on the wall. I’ve been very resistant to things like the
Nook and Kindle – mainly because of that need to have a book in my hands and be
able to turn the pages.
The new Nook SimpleTouch might – and I emphasize might change my mind. Barnes & Noble – makers of the Nook and
all its incarnations – announced that the newest version of the SimpleTouch is
equipped with (LED) front-lighting. The
new lighting, called “Flex Lighting” is a thin LED lighting film that sits on
top of the “e-ink” display. The
brightness of the LEDs is, like many of the products we carry on our website,
adjustable.
A “regular” Nook SimpleTouch (one without LED) has an average
battery life of two months when used for one hour a day. The LED version is said to last “over one
month” based on the same usage. I wonder:
how many battery charging sessions it would take before the LEDs themselves
wear out? I suppose that may be what
turns the tide for me.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/04/new-nook-simpletouch-adds-built-in-front-lighting.ars?clicked=related_right
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