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for a second there I was kind of annoyed (having just gotten the 500 a week and a bit ago)... but then I noticed the "swapped" controls and I'm feeling a lot better about it... as a leftie I'm a real happy camper with the pageturns on the "wrong" side... I'd rather have that than a somewhat better contrast or 8 greys instead of 4 (which, using it for pure-text only as I do, makes absolutely no difference).
Hmm... 8mm? I already find the 500 almost disturbingly thin... I'd be afraid to break it... and if there's no weight diff anyways, I'd rather it felt a bit heftier/sturdier...
As far as I'm concerned, there's only 3 things which would make me consider upgrading anytime soon...
1. Shrinking the reader to fit the screen more closely (those pointlessly wide edges trimmed off would make it just the right size to fit in nearly any pocket, rather than only in the larger-variety jacket pocket)
2. Ebooks organized in folders in the reader menu (rather than all of them just in one endlessly-long list)
3. full-colour, higher res (at least 1024x768 range) eink screen... for graphic novels.
Hmmm... ok... make that 4... if they can manage to integrate a 80gb mp3 player in there while they're at it (so I can get rid of my ipod)... and a phone & at least 5mp camera (bye bye k800)... and a gps (another space-cluttering gadget I can chuck out! yay!)... oh, and while they're at it, throw in a touchscreen (with note-taking capabilities) and a voice-recorder...
Hey, figured might as well go all-out... *shrug*... one can but dream, right?
Seriously though... the day someone comes out with an all-in-one gadget, I'm picking it up... if nothing else just to get rid of the friggin' clutter of chargers, docks and wires on and around my desk.
Oh, and sorry for drifting so widely off-topic. Don't mind me.
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