Comments on: Reading devices I have known http://www.teleread.org/2008/12/30/reading-devices-i-have-known/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:38:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Liviu http://www.teleread.org/2008/12/30/reading-devices-i-have-known/comment-page-1/#comment-995188 Liviu Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:15:21 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/12/30/reading-devices-i-have-known/#comment-995188 I had/have 5 devices: Ebookwise 1150 - loved it and read quite a few books on it for the 6 or so months it was my only device, until I saw the 770 in Spring 06. Ebk1150 found a loving home with my father in law and he still loves it. The 770 was my main device until this November when I saw the PRS 700. I read hundreds of books on the 770 and I would still use it happily, though it's getting a bit old if not for the 700. I still read on it on the go when I do not bother to pack the 700, since the 770 is pocketable. In the meantime I got a PRS 500 with the almost free offer with the Sony card (60$ with sh and 50$ back in books) and it was a major disappointment being so slow and clumsy. I read maybe 10 books on it but it found a loving home with a friend. I also got an iTouch last Christmas (07) and I jail broke it, installed Apache to access its internal drive with Safari and a direct file transferer from my PC and read pdf's with Safari for a while. Decent at it, though these days I am using mostly for music/movies. Finally I got the PRS 700 at the beginning in November. As with the 770, I was skeptical until I tried it in store and just fell in love with it. Unbelievably fast for eink, superb pdf handling - I have a 100MB pdf scan and it works like a charm in half page mode - decent sidelights which I got to love, and very good screen, not 505, more like 500 but good enough. The only drawback is not being pocketable, so I have to pack it in some protective box to take it with me, so for short runs to the supermarket and such, the 770 is still useful since that one just goes alongside my wallet... The 700 is almost perfect except for the pocketable thingy and I would love color. Do not truly care about wireless but if it comes cheaply, I would not say no... I had/have 5 devices:

Ebookwise 1150 – loved it and read quite a few books on it for the 6 or so months it was my only device, until I saw the 770 in Spring 06. Ebk1150 found a loving home with my father in law and he still loves it.

The 770 was my main device until this November when I saw the PRS 700. I read hundreds of books on the 770 and I would still use it happily, though it’s getting a bit old if not for the 700. I still read on it on the go when I do not bother to pack the 700, since the 770 is pocketable.

In the meantime I got a PRS 500 with the almost free offer with the Sony card (60$ with sh and 50$ back in books) and it was a major disappointment being so slow and clumsy. I read maybe 10 books on it but it found a loving home with a friend.

I also got an iTouch last Christmas (07) and I jail broke it, installed Apache to access its internal drive with Safari and a direct file transferer from my PC and read pdf’s with Safari for a while. Decent at it, though these days I am using mostly for music/movies.

Finally I got the PRS 700 at the beginning in November. As with the 770, I was skeptical until I tried it in store and just fell in love with it. Unbelievably fast for eink, superb pdf handling – I have a 100MB pdf scan and it works like a charm in half page mode – decent sidelights which I got to love, and very good screen, not 505, more like 500 but good enough.

The only drawback is not being pocketable, so I have to pack it in some protective box to take it with me, so for short runs to the supermarket and such, the 770 is still useful since that one just goes alongside my wallet…

The 700 is almost perfect except for the pocketable thingy and I would love color. Do not truly care about wireless but if it comes cheaply, I would not say no…

]]> By: Fred Kiesche http://www.teleread.org/2008/12/30/reading-devices-i-have-known/comment-page-1/#comment-995096 Fred Kiesche Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:41:27 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/12/30/reading-devices-i-have-known/#comment-995096 I have run through a similar batch of devices, except I started reading eBooks with one of Apple's Mac laptops and then the Apple Newton. I had three Palms (two had eventually broken screens--a concrete-based work floor is hard on PDA's!), than two Handsprings (one broken screen, one replaced for a neater gadget), the Clie and now the Bookeen Cybook. I still have the Clie, for encrypted PalmOS books (eReader, TomeReader, etc.). I'm thinking of a Netbook if Uncle Sam is nice with the tax refund. Can think of an iPhone or a iTouch until the current cellphone and iPod die. I have run through a similar batch of devices, except I started reading eBooks with one of Apple’s Mac laptops and then the Apple Newton. I had three Palms (two had eventually broken screens–a concrete-based work floor is hard on PDA’s!), than two Handsprings (one broken screen, one replaced for a neater gadget), the Clie and now the Bookeen Cybook. I still have the Clie, for encrypted PalmOS books (eReader, TomeReader, etc.).

I’m thinking of a Netbook if Uncle Sam is nice with the tax refund. Can think of an iPhone or a iTouch until the current cellphone and iPod die.

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