[GlenBarrington]

First off, the screen makes the 300 look sad and tired. Superb screen! And the touch screen features work reasonably well (with a finger, less well with the stylus).

I know they only made it smaller by a tiny amount, but the difference in 'Feel' is significant. It is far more portable than the 300.

I had trouble getting Calibre to recognize the 350, but they worked together smoothly after I upgraded to the newest release of Calibre. (So many releases of Calibre in a month, that I don't always keep up! Not that I'm complaining mind you)

I'm not 100% comfortable with the Touchscreen OS, I don't like seeing my books as icons and I can't seem to make the change to a list permanent.

The OS itself seems a bit more stable than that of the 300. Fewer inexplicable pauses and involuntary restarts. (no restarts for me so far) Still a little slow to boot up, but so far, once the thing is fully up it seems to work smoothly. Still a little slow compared to . . . well I have nothing to compare it to, the 300 was my first non PDA reading device, but it does seem slow compared to my Treo.

The "handwriting" application is really more of a very primitive drawing application. And the stylus doesn't always seem to leave a mark when drug across the screen. Its' a good thing I won't use it much, BUT I assume the stylus will require some sort of screen protector to prevent scratches.

I'd like to see replacement styluses with a little more 'heft' to them. They feel somewhat flimsy.

You know, with the 'handwriting' application, and the notepad application, the PRS350 is only a calendar and a contact list away from a basic PDA. It's small enough and "Palm-able" enough to work.

With those apps added, we could have a very good reason to keep our 350's out on the desk at work. Productivity could fall through the floor.

Think of those apps as another way to stick it to 'the man'.