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I got a reader through the credit card offer a couple of weeks ago. As far as the reader itself goes, it's pretty good as a reader, I prefer it to a real book most times - it's nice not to have to prop pages open when you're reading and eating. The display is pretty nice; previously I read on my laptop or Axim, and I prefer the Sony. It's not quite as good as real paper; the contrast isn't as good, so I need brighter light than I would with a book. It's also nice to hold, small enough to carry around to read while waiting for doctor, car, etc., but big enough to have decent amounts of text displayed. When actually reading, page turns happen quickly enough not to be annoying. However, the reader is slow to go back when you hit the menu button, and REALLY REALLY slow when you insert a memory card with a lot of books on it, even one you loaded through the Connect software.
The Connect software on the PC is the worst part of the reader. It is slow and a memory hog. I've only loaded about 700 books and a hundred or so pictures into the library so far, and the virtual memory size shown in the Windows task manager for it is over 1 gig already. I've also somehow managed to corrupt its database once already with a collection, to the point I had to delete its database and start over to get it working properly. I hate to see how slow and big it is if I fill up a 2gb SD card with books; right now I only have about 600mb on the card.
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