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Originally Posted by SmartyPants
i have PP and my mum has a 6" one... so i had a chance to compare them.
One thing i noticed with the 6", is that it is significantly heavier (in its cover anyway) than the PP. The lack of scroll wheel is a big minus.
BUT as far as the easiness of reading goes, that one inch makes a biiiig difference. Not enough for me to give up the portability and light weight of PP, but if someones eyes are not the best (like my mums for example) i would def recommend a 6" one.  |
That is actually rather interesting the extra inch making a big difference. I've seen an iRiver Story at a local store (so it wasn't turned on) and the screen to me didn't seem big enough to make a difference, but I guess if it was working and I compared the two like you did side by side I would notice a difference.
I've often thought myself if a 6" would have been better for me, in ADE I find the third level of zoom too large for comfort, yet the second (albeit readable) a fraction too small, so the second font size on a 6" might be perfect. Coolreader has solved that issue for me on the 5".
So in short a 6" would be a recommendation for older people or people with poor(ish) eyesight, and a 5" should suffice for everyone else??
And speaking of the scroll wheel, I like it and would miss it too. Nothing like laying in bed with the PP on the pillow, hand resting next to it and little flick to turn the pages.