505- Quick Review

PeeBus · 06-22-2009, 09:33 PM

Looks - gorgeous, sleek, very impressive
Build quality - feels solid and weighty (in a good way)
Screen - fabulous, much better than LCD
Functionality - menus are intuitive, books are slow to load, pages turn SLOWLY!, buttons are NOT conveniently placed for page changes, sometimes it's hard to tell if a button has been pushed or not due to the exceedingly slow refresh rate.
Other Flaws - the flash between the SLOW page switch is MOST annoying. So annoying, in fact, that I look away at every page turn to avoid it

On balance, it's keeper but the slow page turning and horrible flash have me questioning why I switched from the old EBookwise GEB 1150.

Teddman · 06-22-2009, 09:56 PM

Page turning really isn't that slow, maybe a second tops. What kind of files are your e-books? I've found the performance on rtf and lrf formats to be just fine, and I was one of the guys who thought the "black flash" was going to be a major annoyance.

It's not, I still notice it, but I just hit the page turn button a beat before I finish reading the last line of the page. It gets to be a habit. Maybe it's more of a problem for you, since you're used to the instant page turns of the ebookwise... This is common to all e-ink devices.

GraceKrispy · 06-23-2009, 03:37 AM

Interesting to hear the perspective of an ebookwise owner.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Teddman

It's not, I still notice it, but I just hit the page turn button a beat before I finish reading the last line of the page. It gets to be a habit.

I do the same thing! Once in a while I hit it too early and have to go back a page. Now *that's* annoying

Riocaz · 06-23-2009, 05:50 AM

Slow turning?

Meh It's still faster than physically turning a page, and it's far less than a second. And you will soon tune out the flash.

Slow loading books only means you didn't use the sony software to pre-paginate them. Also not a huge issue, I tend to drop a few books to my reader at one go then spend the 5 mintues or so it takes to get the sony to do it's thing in one go.

The advantages of my e-ink screen over my Zaurus for reading... No migraines. :-) Yea I think it's worth it.

ruth1304 · 06-23-2009, 06:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

I do the same thing! Once in a while I hit it too early and have to go back a page. Now *that's* annoying

Yes, me too. Although I don't think it's any more annoying than turning over two pages of a pbook together

Kai Winters · 06-23-2009, 03:03 PM

I thought I would have some difficulty with the "flash". I acclimated quickly and after a mere week of use I barely notice it.
I do not find the page turn to be slow.

06-22-2009, 09:33 PM	#1
PeeBus Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: EBookwise 1150	505- Quick Review Looks - gorgeous, sleek, very impressive Build quality - feels solid and weighty (in a good way) Screen - fabulous, much better than LCD Functionality - menus are intuitive, books are slow to load, pages turn SLOWLY!, buttons are NOT conveniently placed for page changes, sometimes it's hard to tell if a button has been pushed or not due to the exceedingly slow refresh rate. Other Flaws - the flash between the SLOW page switch is MOST annoying. So annoying, in fact, that I look away at every page turn to avoid it On balance, it's keeper but the slow page turning and horrible flash have me questioning why I switched from the old EBookwise GEB 1150.

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06-22-2009, 09:56 PM	#2
Teddman Addict Posts: 242 Karma: 695 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	Page turning really isn't that slow, maybe a second tops. What kind of files are your e-books? I've found the performance on rtf and lrf formats to be just fine, and I was one of the guys who thought the "black flash" was going to be a major annoyance. It's not, I still notice it, but I just hit the page turn button a beat before I finish reading the last line of the page. It gets to be a habit. Maybe it's more of a problem for you, since you're used to the instant page turns of the ebookwise... This is common to all e-ink devices.

06-23-2009, 05:50 AM	#4
Riocaz Fulfilled but not by iRex Posts: 932 Karma: 286846 Join Date: May 2006 Location: London Device: Far too many	Slow turning? Meh It's still faster than physically turning a page, and it's far less than a second. And you will soon tune out the flash. Slow loading books only means you didn't use the sony software to pre-paginate them. Also not a huge issue, I tend to drop a few books to my reader at one go then spend the 5 mintues or so it takes to get the sony to do it's thing in one go. The advantages of my e-ink screen over my Zaurus for reading... No migraines. :-) Yea I think it's worth it.

06-23-2009, 03:03 PM	#6
Kai Winters Lover of Books Posts: 218 Karma: 1073074 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern NY Device: iPhone 7+	I thought I would have some difficulty with the "flash". I acclimated quickly and after a mere week of use I barely notice it. I do not find the page turn to be slow.

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