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I recently spent ten days on vacation, traveling up & around the state of California. I took both my Sony PRS-300 and my new iTouch 4G. --- I never took the Sony out of the bag. I am still surprised this was so.
The iTouch 4G, with its remarkable screen, is the better reading tool: I could read until my wife woke up without disturbing her sleep (no light needed). Except in direct sunlight, in which I did not read, the 4G screen is clearer, sharper and page turns are much quicker. All I needed was a pair of +2.00 reading glasses and the iTouch 4G.
It was a surprise, and a very pleasant one. I bought the 4G for its other features, which are constantly surprising, useful and wonderful to boot. I did not expect it to be so good for reading. The new screen and excellent reading software (iBooks, Stanza, BeamItDown, etc.) all work better than anything else I have seen including my Sony's and the Kindle.
I wonder if Apple is considering a larger version with the "Retina" screen. I can only imagine what sort of salivation is taking place amongst Grad students and their professors over the thought that there might be an iTouch with a "Retina" display large enough to be useful with PDF files! Such folks would find a way to pay the $1K or so required --- I know I would.
Joe
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