{"id":779,"date":"2015-10-30T18:50:04","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T01:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chowdhurian\/?p=779"},"modified":"2015-10-30T18:57:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T01:57:10","slug":"ereaders-are-a-travel-necessity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chowdhurian\/2015\/10\/30\/ereaders-are-a-travel-necessity\/","title":{"rendered":"eReaders are a Travel Necessity"},"content":{"rendered":"

What would you take when you travel?<\/p>\n

A tablet?<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, it can entertain you and be useful. But when the power runs out, it’s dead weight to your aching back.<\/p>\n

A phone?<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, it can be useful but can effectively occupy your attention only if you’re listening to audio via headphones.<\/p>\n

All things must end one day. My phone ends in 72 hours, when it succumbs to an exhausted battery.<\/p>\n

An eReader?<\/em><\/p>\n

It will bring one book or your library with you. It will bring your Aeon<\/a> articles with you when you’re miles from internet (10,000m up), thanks to Pocket<\/a> (all hail).<\/p>\n

Its battery will easily get you though a two-week trip. Even using Sudoku and Word Scramble.<\/p>\n

Using the backlight may stunt that lifeline.<\/p>\n

But it’s worth\u00a0being\u00a0able to read under the covers without a flashlight.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Best,
\nAn ebook convert<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

P.S. Pocket (all hail) is not on any eReader, just on Kobo. So this ode to the low-tech is really mostly applicable to my experience with\u00a0a\u00a0much-loved\u00a0Kobo Aura. And I do carry a phone with me when travelling.\u00a0Find one with a battery lasting more than a day and you may not have to be that airport wall-hugger. Or just turn yours off.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Source:<\/a>
Source: a wall hugger ad campaign.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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