11-22-2009, 07:18 AM | #16 |
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Second Update: I just heard back from Books on Board. Yes, that is their coupon. They were a little puzzled about why the product page was up. The last they had heard was that the device wasn't ready yet.The release had been pushed back until Spring. |
11-22-2009, 08:04 AM | #17 |
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Did maybe someone try to hype the thing a little bit?
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11-22-2009, 08:25 AM | #18 |
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11-22-2009, 09:14 AM | #19 |
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11-22-2009, 09:35 AM | #20 |
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There seems to be a lot of 5-inch ebook readers hitting the market lately. We've got the Cybook Opus, PRS-300, the various HanLin clones (BeBook Mini, EZ Reader Pocket PRO), Jetbook lite, Aluratek Libre, and the PocketBook 360.
Wonder when we'll see a 5-inch Kindle? The keyboard might be a problem though. Last edited by The-eBook-Reader; 11-22-2009 at 12:29 PM. |
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11-22-2009, 09:39 AM | #21 |
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I honestly don't see the point, myself - at least not if we're talking about two screens which just display two pages of the book. You're only going to read one page at a time, and is that worth halving the battery life for?
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11-22-2009, 10:14 AM | #22 |
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well I don't know about with the Kindle name but a 5" e-ink ereader with a qwerty...... soon
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I've been doing a lot of testing with Chinese typesetting and the general opinion of most people I've been interviewing is that if the book is to be presented with vertical formatting, a second page is very useful. Merely flipping the reader to landscape mode does not allow small enough text to display on e-ink, and many users find it slightly disturbing to read that way. Of course, my post was just a response to the statement that the screen aspect ratio was not ideal for books. Low-quality monochrome screens with noticeable glare (e.g. e-ink) are pretty far from ideal for books in the first place. Most ebook formats are pretty far from ideal for books too, but most folks around these forums seem pretty content with low quality. |
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11-22-2009, 04:06 PM | #30 |
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It would be nice if one of these companies making the 5" devices would try and make as compact a device as possible, having more portability over a 6" device is one of their advantages and most seem to then have a thick border slapped on them to waste that advantage.
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