Thread: Got the 505.
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Old 10-03-2007, 07:00 AM   #13
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Device: HP iPAQ211 / PRS 500, 700 and 505
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Originally Posted by Azayzel View Post
Looks nice in the comparison pics, also looks like $ony listened to people's suggestions on ascetics and ergo-design.
Personally, I don't like the movement of the page-turn buttons to the right edge. I hold my books in my left hand and the 500 places the page turn buttons directly under my left thumb, making it very easy to turn the page. With the 505 I'll have to either change my entire reading posture (something learned over 55 years of living and something I doubt I'll change just for a piece of technology) or have the inconvenience of having to move my right hand over to turn the page. Which isn't a big deal, since it's involved in turning pages in paper books now, but isn't technology supposed to make things easier? Why can't they simply put TWO sets of page turn buttons directly opposite each other (in the old left-edge position as well as the new right-edge position) and let the person reading have greater choice?
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