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taralon · 11-03-2007, 11:18 AM

Mostly what I saw when I was able to hold and look at a couple engineering samples. I really wish that they had simply went for a button redesign on the 500, as I like most of the button changes (most notably the larger edge page change buttons and the removal of the toggle joystick) in the 505, but not the general form factor redesign. The movement of the screen and the wide open space at the bottom of the unit makes the screen seem *much* smaller than it is on the 500. Moving the number buttons to the edge of the screen, especially the edge with the page change buttons seems to be an ill thought move. I have on the engineering model I had in my hands for a couple hours a problem with hitting the 7 or 8 button instead of the page forward/page back button which after the second or third time becomes very aggravating.

11-03-2007, 11:18 AM	#30
taralon Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 96 Join Date: Nov 2006	Mostly what I saw when I was able to hold and look at a couple engineering samples. I really wish that they had simply went for a button redesign on the 500, as I like most of the button changes (most notably the larger edge page change buttons and the removal of the toggle joystick) in the 505, but not the general form factor redesign. The movement of the screen and the wide open space at the bottom of the unit makes the screen seem much smaller than it is on the 500. Moving the number buttons to the edge of the screen, especially the edge with the page change buttons seems to be an ill thought move. I have on the engineering model I had in my hands for a couple hours a problem with hitting the 7 or 8 button instead of the page forward/page back button which after the second or third time becomes very aggravating. Last edited by taralon; 11-03-2007 at 11:23 AM.