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Originally Posted by hardgainer
Is it so bad?? ...  |
Previous poster had bad experience with broken screen on PB360, so in his eyes PB360 *is* flimsy.
My first e-ink reader was Sony, and I wouldn't say that PB360 is flimsier. If you toss it to a backpack with several bricks and then let the backpack fall down the stairs (I am not trying to allude that previous poster did such thing) then Sony with its full metal jacket and thick (and heavy) cover is more likely to survive than PB360. If you let both devices fall from 1.2 meter on a floor covered with a flimsy carpet, I would say that PB360 would have better chances for survival, because it is lighter.
When I travel with my PB360, I keep it in a very sturdy custom made box that would survive SUV driving on the top of it.
Keep in mind that ALL current e-ink devices have a thin glass panel at the back of the display, so they are all fragile. Especially it you push directly on the screen or twist the frame of the device. We are all waiting impatiently for the first devices with so-called "plastic" screens. Plastic screen doesn't have glass back-pane, but is made from plastic and is bendable.
I wonder, what manufacturer will be first to sell plastic screen devices for reasonable prices. One thing is clear, it won't be Plastic Logic - the company that made quite a splash some time ago with its Plastic Logic A4 sized device.