E Ink breakage issue: How Todd Jonz & wife protect their iLiads—and a reminder of our Cybook and Kindle polls
Take our quick, easy Cybook or Kindle poll if one applies and you haven’t already—so we can compare screen breakage rates.
We’re eager to hear from owners with or without problems, so the polls are representative.
Prevention
But how can you prevent breakage in the first place, screen related or not? Suggestions welcomed! Here’s a start from Todd Jonz, a TeleBlog regular.
"My wife and I both own iRex iLiads, and my wife came up with a rather clever way to protect them during use.
" She found a lap desk at a local bookshop that consists of a pillow with a plexiglass surface attached to the top by a pair of fabric strings. She removed the plexiglass and uses the strings to attach her iLiad to the pillow. If it should take a spill when she dozes off while reading or when one of our overly exuberant springer spaniels gets rambunctious, the iLiad stands a much better chance of survival. We haven’t had a good ‘test case’ as of yet (knock wood), but I’ll report back if we do."
Image credit: CC-licensed photo from Gaspa. Not Todd’s iLiad, of course. But if he has a chance to send a photo this way—of a Jonz iLiad protector in action—I’ll swap it in.
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:30 am
Sounds like a novel way of protecting it at home…but I’m looking for something to protect it in the car, in the office, walking in the park, etc.
I’m using a cloth “Bible Case” that I picked up at Borders. My Cybook is inside its leather case, then in the “Bible Case”, and protected on one side by a notebook and the other by a pocket that has paper and 3×5 cards in it.
I’m on the lookout for something harder, but about the same size. It can’t be too big, otherwise you defeat the purpose of having an eBook reader to begin with (portability)!