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Originally Posted by tompe
Why was 505 ergonomically better? And how do you tell that the manufacturing quality is better? I do not turn my Cybook off so there is no delay in starting reading.
For reading fiction the Cybook is for me much better since it supports dictionary lookup and it will probably stay better in the future also. It is also lighter so ergonomically it is better.
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Well, I am not going to argue that
for you Cybook may be better. I know quite a few people who swear the Hanlin Jinke ebook is the best, while others keep complaining about the poor quality of manufacturing. So, the better-worse comparisons are very subjective, often what one thinks is better has to do with the money already spent on a certain device. I can only relate what I read.
The look-and-feel. Supposedly, the exterior of the Cybook reader just feels cheaper (black plastic vs metal in case of Sony), the controls are more ergonomically located in the Sony Reader (paging on both the right-hand side and the left-hand side), the connector plugs located inconveniently, only charges via USB - that sort of thing. Being lighter is better? How much lighter - would you be able to
feel the difference? But if you like your Cybook as is, it's great, I am glad you do.
Lots of software already out there for Sony - to convert from every possible format.
And the fact that you don't turn it off shows that you don't travel much with your new ebook reader. Or you would be surprised to find your Cybook always on a new unexpected page when you take it out of your bag or your pocket. So, you will probably end up turning it off anyway, and then waiting for it to start up when you want to read it.
But the dictionary lookup feature is a clear advantage, I agree. Not very important for many of us, but very important for the others. Just like text search - I would love to have it, but the others don't care.