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Currently Using iBooks @ Borders

HappyDude20

HappyDude20

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So right now I'm at Borders and am glad they offer free wifi. After checking my email on my iPad and surfing some websites I noticed that the lights on the ceiling of this place tend to bug and reflect through the iPad.

Don't get me wrong. I love my iPad. It's my new best friend, but it's not that great when there are bright lights right above you.

I could barely go through reading one page on this thing until I gave up and picked up a real book nearby.

Look, I love my iPad a million times more than my best friend..kidding, but in seriousness it sucks to read here at Borders or even outside in the daytime, but that's a given I'm sure.

Anyways, rant over.
 
Don't they have chairs to lay down in? Or just lay on the floor, no one will care.
 
I love irony...here you are trying to read an electronic book in a store that sells real books, and the lighting that normally assists in reading what they sell is killing your attempt to read the electronic version. Almost seems intentional :)
 
HappyDude20 said:
So right now I'm at Borders and am glad they offer free wifi. After checking my email on my iPad and surfing some websites I noticed that the lights on the ceiling of this place tend to bug and reflect through the iPad.

Don't get me wrong. I love my iPad. It's my new best friend, but it's not that great when there are bright lights right above you.

I could barely go through reading one page on this thing until I gave up and picked up a real book nearby.

Look, I love my iPad a million times more than my best friend..kidding, but in seriousness it sucks to read here at Borders or even outside in the daytime, but that's a given I'm sure.

Anyways, rant over.
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Maybe Borders recently installed ultra powerful lighting in anticipation of the iPad launch because they were afraid it would impact sales negatively?
 
chhhrrriiisss said:
I read at borders on my iPad recently and the lighting wasn't a problem.
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Any overhead lighting can be rough.
gtsipad said:
I love irony...here you are trying to read an electronic book in a store that sells real books, and the lighting that normally assists in reading what they sell is killing your attempt to read the electronic version. Almost seems intentional :)
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I never thought of it that way, kind of funny.
 
gtsipad said:
I love irony...here you are trying to read an electronic book in a store that sells real books, and the lighting that normally assists in reading what they sell is killing your attempt to read the electronic version. Almost seems intentional :)
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Barnes & Nobles offers "limited" free book reading via Nook if you're online at their stores... called "Read in Store" feature
 
Overhead lighTs

I had a similar problem with the overhead lights in Barnes and Noble but I just increased the iPad's brightness until it overpowered the reflections.
 
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