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Originally Posted by porkupan
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.
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The page will not turn when travelling if you use the leather case and I suspect it will not happen without it either since you have to press the page turn button rather hard to turn a page. And you do not touch the page turning buttons when handling the Cybook.
I do not think the external feel says anything about the internal build quality. I agree that the page turn button seems much better on the 505. Only charging via USB I think is a good thing since I am very tired to have one charger for each device. It is very good that USB has become a kind of standard.
Since the Cybook support a lot of formats directly you do not need to convert files...
The Cybook is 70 gram lighter but maybe the leather case will add 70 gram. It is much easier to hold a lighter device in different positions and when I read for a long time I want to be able to change position often.