Galaxy Player 5 Half-a-year Along
I bought a GP5 late last year to replace my jetBook. It works. It wasn't without its problems or its advantages, however:
Problems:
1) Nothing really replaced the jetBook's breadth of format capability. I now use the Kindle app, fbreader and Cool Reader to do the things the jetBook did. I also have a freebie office suite reader to handle a few odd formats. I also have Mantano, Moon+, nook and Adobe loaded for specialized purposes.
2) The jetBook was stellar in sunlight. The Samsung sucks. Physics, go figure.
3) I waste a lot of reading time on YouTube, facebook, Currents and Google Reader.
Advantages:
1) Fiction scraping from the web is almost one stop with Google Reader and Pocket (ex-Read-It-Later). This reduces my need for specialized format handlers.
2) Like my old PDAs, the GP5 is great for night reading.
3) Android apps for a lot of things that I used PDAs for, but couldn't do on a reader.
All in all, the advantages out weigh the disadvantages. I've got no regrets.
Regards,
Jack Tingle
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