Saturday, February 19, 2011

Time to Consider a New Way to Read Your Books...!

I've been wondering this question in my mind for so long. Why people don't get interested in e-reader? Low passion for reading? I don't think so, I've seen so many people love to read but they prefer to use their money to buy iPad with the main purpose to read e-books. Every time I heard that reason I just want to shake him/her and say "Come on, don't cover up your desire to have an iPad just with the reason to read e-books. It's non sense!". Why it is non-sense to read e-books on iPad? Let me explain a little bit for you.

Have you ever read an e-book such like a PDF file in your computer for a long continuous time? I bet not all of you did that and trust me I had. For once I found some sample pages from going-to-be-famous novel but I can't find any bookstore that sells it in my country. So I downloaded the full version PDF file and I read it in my computer for a few days. And guess what? It's very uncomfortable. I have lowered my monitor brightness but still the light comes out my monitor still hurts my eyes. After hours of reading and finished that novel I found my eyes feel hurts and swelling for two days.

PS : Lately after I finished that novel I just realized that Twilight is very popular, and yes..I've been reading Twilight Saga series just before it starts to get popular here.

Anyone wonder why reading in computer tiring your eyes more than reading a printed book? The process of how lights get into our eyes while  reading books and looking at computer's monitor is quite different. In a dark room you can see that your computer's monitor is still bright and producing light, that's what make our eyes easily gets tired from reading at monitor : too much light get into our eyes.

The question now, is there anyway we can read in some electronic devices that don't produce light and not tiring our eyes just like the way we read a printed book? There is, an electronic ink or E-Ink. Ever heard about it? Try yourself to do some googling for the complete information. Not every electronic device using E-Ink for it can only produce black and white or gray-scale color.

So, if you are considering a better way to read books such as easily bring your books anywhere and a comfortable reading try to consider an electronic reader or e-reader. Some top famous e-readers are Kindle, Nook, and Sony Reader. When you look at the price you might say it's little bit expensive for they cost as much as your BlackBerry or your smartphone. But consider this, when you purchase a book especially an english printed book it would be quite expensive especially technical IT related books, they can cost from hundreds of thousands to millions and definitely not easily to carry for they usually big and heavy. Here is you benefit points if you have an e-reader :

  • No need to carry heavy books, you can read it anywhere for you can bring it anywhere with you
  • Definitely go green, save space and less maintenance effort
  • Not hurting your eyes anymore
  • It just as expensive as 2-3 english edition of your technical books
  • You can have an enormous source of books using your internet, just as far as one click download.
  • Buying e-book is cheaper than the printed ones
  • It doesn't glare under bright sunlight (you can read while sunbathing). And this condition doesn't work at any tablet even an iPad.
That's it. Maybe that's not all of the benefits yet but I hope at least you have the big picture in your mind why you should considering to purchase an e-reader instead of iPad if you love reading so much (^_^)

Saturday, January 1, 2011

No More Disconnected Mobile Modem...!

I've been using Vodafone Huawei E172 for two years. Just like others mobile modem user I used to have some problems with my Huawei but after two years experience in using and troubleshooting now I can say mine is perfect...! Hooray, no more disconnected modem! Wanna know my tips? Check this out.

First, not all USB ports support the modem, some of it seems lack of electrical power that make the modem seems disconnected just a few seconds after it detected on the computer. For PC users, I suggest you used USB ports at the back side, not all front side USBs supports enough electricity for your modem. For notebook users, mostly this problem not happening to you but in case you have this problem I suggest you try each of you USB ports, and when you found one that seems ok remember to put your modem there. Last but important, don't use USB Hubs...! Most USB hubs we bought are not supported with additional adaptor, surely there won't be enough power for your modem that's why it's not detected in you computer.

Second, after getting your modem detected it's often found during the use modem will get hot and at some point it get disconnected. Before I bought mine people already warned me about this one, but what can I say I need it so I bought it and get myself stressed out. At first I used a regular USB port to attach my modem, and just like everyone has warned before after some time it get disconnected and I need to re-attach it to get detected again. That's so frustrating moment for me. Lately I found out that eSATA port can be used to attach any USB devices too. Stupid me, knowing this after a long time I have my notebook. Once I tried to attach my modem to eSATA USB port, and voila..! No more disconnected device, and my baby is so stable...! Best I've ever used, believe it or not.

Hope my tips can help you out of your nightmare. Enjoy..!