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Originally Posted by treadmill
When I started to read the books, I noticed that button presses required a lot of perssure. I had to grit my teeth and keep pressing the buttons. Around a couple of hours I had hand pain due to the immense pressure I had to exert just to turn a page.
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I feel really bummed out... My $500 has been wasted...
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While I wouldn't go as far as saying I wasted money (I'd buy the device again tomorrow if mine broke today
) I still have to agree with treadmill to some agree.
The page flipping experience is far from what I'd expect it to be, especially when you consider that flipping pages is the most common action. I find the button takes too much pressure to work (not immense pressure, but still too much). Also the button has pretty sharp edges (my daughter actually hurt herself trying to flip a page).
Moreover, as already discussed elsewhere, the Cybook tends to be unresponsive to page flipping button 'clicks' 1 out of 10 times. Sure, there is a way to press the button to ensure the CyBook always responds to requested paging ... but do I really want to firmly press the button down and hold it for a split second when I want to flip a page?
Also, for my taste, the position of the navigation button could have been almost anywhere on the device, but not where it is now
I really never held a paper book the way the CyBook makes me hold it. Normally I position my thumbs along the edges of the pages, the remaining fingers behind the book, or I cradle the book in hand with the thumb at the bottom and the remaning fingers at the top. But then, I guess that part if a matter of personal preference.
Apart from page flipping I am a VERY happy new CyBook user and in the office today the device got quite a few Oohhs and Ahhs and 'Where did you get that and how much did it cost?'
