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OK, 24 hours of playing with readers..................
I took the Sony and Nook Color to bed with me last night... Put the same book on both and the light on the Sony, and read until about 2 a.m.
The Sony is nice, fits easily against the side of my wife's pillow, and the swipe and buttons are good for page turning. BUT, even with the light, the 600 screen isn't very contrasty.
The Nook is slightly larger, and displays pages better. I THINK it's because the text is crisper and I used a slightly smaller font, but it APPEARS more readable. The "night" mode is great, and I wound up turning the brightness down all the way. Still VERY readable. It ALSO sits nicely against the pillow and turning pages was very easy by swiping or touching the right margin....
In fast, BOTH were so easy to use I only needed one hand, which made Princess Skyy, one of our spoiled felines, very happy...... Since only one hand was working the book it left one available to pay attention to her... So, she stuffed herself in the space between wife and I, and proceeded to read along with me most of the night.
At 5 a.m. my WIFE woke me up (after I got a whole couple hours sleep) to ask what I thought of the readers... I THINK this may be revenge for goofing up her idea for my Christmas present. In any case, I gave her both, with minimal instructions, and she found the Nook easier to use... She quickly got out to B&N and was looking at what's available, reading info, reading my book, looking at the Internet, and so on......
SO, this morning I returned the Sony, and went looking for a PRS-650... Which I did NOT find. I did, however, find a Pandigital I could play with and see how well it worked..... Side-by-side with the Nook Color it didn't hold up very well. Visibly not as sharp, slower to use, and it didn't feel as sturdy... But, then, it's also a lot less expensive, so that may be expected...
I continued using the Nook today at lunch, and found it very convenient in the restaurant. So, unless I find a PRS-650 and it blows me away, it looks like the Nook is my choice at the moment.......
I"m sure I'll find shortcomings over time, but so far, the only thing I find problematic is that I can't put MY books on the home page... And I suspect from the amount of flak they're getting in the B&N forum, that may get fixed with the 1.1 upgrade...
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