What’s the weirdest device you used to read a book?

[JustABadger]

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[hippy dave]

Can't think of any devices I've used for it that were weird in the sense of not intended to be used for books - tho I briefly tested a book reader on my GBA, I never actually read a book on it.

A device that was intended for reading books, but is still relatively weird/unusual, was my old phone, the Yotaphone 2. A Russian design (tho also got manufactured in China, like most things), it was an Android phone with a regular 5" AMOLED screen on the front for general phone/Android use, but a second screen on the back which was e-paper for reading books. It was a pretty decent phone at the time and the gimmick worked well.

 

[Chary]

Given the time, it wasn't that weird, but I definitely tried reading books on my DS as a kid.

 

[Robert Newbie]

I know I did some very light reading on a PSP. Just short articles, nothing too long or intense. It just wasn't practical for that, but I enjoyed how unconventional it was.

 

[Cranesbill]

I guess a Samsung fridge at a friend’s house? I read a piece of literature to test its power

 

[AncientBoi]

On an iPad 3 / 4 generation

 

[JustABadger]

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[AncientBoi]

To be fair there have been some official NDS games with ebooks. I used to read fan fiction off the NDS browser, so I can understand.


How’s that weird boi

uh, because it's a non supported device from waaay back maybe? Duh

 

[JustABadger]

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[AncientBoi]

My mom is still using her gen 1 iPad to read her cooking recipes. She doesn’t want to use anything else

They are heavy as hell.

 

[BigOnYa]

Good old Teddy Ruxbin...

 

[Asia81]

3ds, back in time when i injected lot of manga in the cia for myself

 

[tech3475]

I rooted a Nook ereader so I could side load the Android version of the Kindle app.

Also played Solitaire on this.

 

[Veho]

Is reading on a GBA considered weird? I've read a ton of books on it. Watched a ton of shows/movies on it too, that might be considered even weirder by some because that requires "resolution" and "more than 15fps" and blah de blah. It was good enough for the time

 

[JustABadger]

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[Veho]

I did try it on a Micro but gave up, not because of the screen size but because the battery life was ass. The GBA SP had a much better battery life.

 

[tech3475]

Good old Teddy Ruxbin...
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For a split second, I thought is was sitting on a toilet reading a news paper.