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Originally Posted by Noah98
The Pocketbook IQ looks like it will be a decent reader, but after my experience with the Pandigital Novel and the Velocity Cruz Reader (both have similar hardware) I would try one out first.
The main issues are: touchscreen, resolution, and processor.
Resistive touchscreens can be frustrating, and screen response issues will definitely hinder your enjoyment. The nook color had a very nice capacitive, multitouch screen.
The resolution on the Pocketbook is 800 x 600, which isn't bad until you compare it to the nook color's 1024 x 600 ips screen. To me, if you are going to get an lcd reader, you want the best possible screen. The Samsung Galaxy Tab, ipad, and nook color all have superior screens which makes reading much better. The nook color also has really nice pixel density.
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Oddly enough, it's the screen that is really pulling me toward the Pocketbook IQ. All those extra pixels on the Nook Color don't do anything for me if they're just showing blank space above and below the page.
So-called "widescreen" resolutions provide minimal benefits in portrait orientation, especially when you're looking at fixed aspect ratio page. In cases like that, all that matters is the smaller dimension - and the Nook Color's narrower screen will actually provide less effective real estate for viewing comics and PDFs.
Higher resolution only matters if it's "usable" resolution.