Suggestion to iPad developer: the screen is too bright for an E-reader

Hi,
I have been using kindle DX for reading e-book and newspapers for a year. I bought the iPad and have been using for a week. iPad has many advantages over Kindle in many ways(very fast, zoom-in zoom out, great apps for editing PDF, and many more) however, it lacks the appreciation of the display for reading. *_The brightness is quite too high(even when you try to lower the brightness setting to lowest). When I read WSJ or PDF for a while, my eyes go very very tired. It is fine in the apps like Kindle or iBook or GoodReader where you can adjust the brightness even more._* So you could read with the same light intensity like the kindle or other e-reader. However, it is still very bright in safari or WSJ apps where you cannot adjust even further. You cannot use iPad to read something in the dim light environment with this lowest brightness adjustment.
I made an appointment to the Apple store to discuss about this issue. I also compare the brightness adjustment to MacBook and other device. You can eventually dim the screen even more and more for other device except the iPad. You could also dim the brightness even more for an iPhone. The technical support told me to send a suggestion to the iPad developer so that they can do the adjustment for the next OS Update.
*My advice is to increase the range on the dimmer side of the brightness. You could also add the option to adjust for the contrast. In this case, you will have low light coming out of the device and the character is still crisp by lowering the brightness and increase the contrast of the display. The eye strain problem will be significantly reduced.*
Many of my e-reader colleagues also complain about this issues. So I hope you take this into serious consideration. Please Adjust the brightness range and everything else should be perfect. You could even think about the display like Mirasol display for the next generation of iPad as an option for display rather than only IPS LCD. This will help the e-reader oriented like me to stick with iPad forever
I strongly hope there will be some of these changes in the new OS update. Since you guys want the iPad to be one of the option of an e-reader, then the display and the brightness is very very very important.
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I adjusted everything including turning the auto brightness off( like I did for my iPhone ). And you could see that the lowest brightness of the iPhone is dimmer than the lowest level for the iPad. I have no problem reading on the iPhone without that level of brightness either. This is the only reason that I don't like about iPad and the small adjustment should satisfy all my need. I don't see any reasons for returning it.
Moreover, the eyes sensitivity to the light level or brightness for each people is different. It's correct that you and some of my friends do not have difficulty reading with this level of brightness. But some of my friends and I are having this problem in safari and the apps that do not have further brightness adjustment.
The best way for me to avoid this problem now it to alight the iPad 75-90 degree to vertical so that the light does not come directly to my eyes when I use the apps that does not contain brightness adjustment. This way reduces the light traveling to the eyes from iPad. The brightness goes down a bit more. That is why I said just reduce the lowest level to a bit more then everything is great.
I also try the inpicio anti glare to reduce the light from reflection but this does not help either because it produces bad image output and does not filter any light out.
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