Reading Only Devices: Why iPhone, Kindle, and Tablet PCs Might Mean Smarter Blog Comments

Reading Only Devices: Why iPhone, Kindle, and Tablet PCs Might Mean Smarter Blog Comments

This probably sounds unhealthy but I really have gone though Instapaper while fixing dinner — skillet in one hand, iPhone in the other.

I could wait to fire up my laptop, but even in opportunities when it seems more appropriate, I sometimes favor my iPhone. The tactile experience of scrolling through text makes me focus on the article I’m reading at the moment, curbing the urge to open multiple tabs (mostly because I can’t do so inside a significant time delay.) Plus, I don’t think of my iPhone as the key piece of my “workstation.” What this means is I’m emailing less and commenting less, but reading much more.

I’ve found this, myself – I’ll save articles for iPhone-Instapaper reading even when I have a perfectly good opportunity to read them in the browser.