Unfortunatelly I dropped my JBL a few weeks ago and despite the low height the screen cracked.
I became unsatisfied with the build quality and decided to try another model of e-reader, that were capable of reading PDF with reflow, what the JBL could do with excellence. So I decided for a Sony PRS-350
Sony PRS-350 is better at:
- form factor, very thin
- e-ink screen gives a better contrast
- touch screen
- resolution 800x600
The JB(L) is better at:
- can read more formats
- book management is based on folders
What I really miss is the book management in folders. Really. The PRS-350 management is lousy. So lousy that you can only appreciate it's lousiness with one in hand.
Remember the free library that is pre-loaded with JBL? You can copy that library directly from the SD card to your PRS-350, the same folder structure and what you get on PRS-350? A presentation of more that 200 books listed alphabetically like they were on the same folder.
How to separate? Create "Collections" of books. Create a collection named "fiction" and populate it marking the fiction books from all your stored books.
Create another collection, "sherlock holmes", populate it marking the sherlock holmes books of your collection. All of it. Books included in one collection aren't removed from the list. They are greyed out, can't be added but still there, occuping space on the screen and difficulting navigation.
I had 700 books organized in 30 or so folders in my JBL. Of course I don't read all of them, but they are there, dont weight nothing and I could let my inspiration choose from diversity.
It seems that there is a xml file on PRS-350 that I'll try do edit directly to organize my collection the way I want.
I think that the Sony devices where designed for a small quantity of books or for users that load a few ones, read and delete after.
I really miss my JBL...