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Elecman · 01-15-2011, 12:01 PM

I just bought the PRS-950 last night after alot of thought. So far I am happy with it.

I just sold my PRS-650/BC last week for a couple reasons: For $70 more one can get the 950 and have 3G, WiFi, included AC Adapter, and best of all an extra inch of screen space.

This extra inch is more valuable to me when reading novels because it allows a comfortable medium font setting and still display 2x the amount of text that a 5" reader will at small font.

PDFs can be viewed very nicely in a 1/4th page format as well as dual page (landscape). For technical documents, I prefer the former.

But having wireless web browsing on a reading device... really makes the 950 powerful. Sittin' on the couch reading your book and you become curious about something you just read. Onto Wikipedia you go and find out more about it... on the same device even. Wireless setup was a breeze too. I'd say its worth the extra $70 over the 650.

01-15-2011, 12:01 PM	#2
Elecman Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Massachusetts Device: Nook Color	I just bought the PRS-950 last night after alot of thought. So far I am happy with it. I just sold my PRS-650/BC last week for a couple reasons: For $70 more one can get the 950 and have 3G, WiFi, included AC Adapter, and best of all an extra inch of screen space. This extra inch is more valuable to me when reading novels because it allows a comfortable medium font setting and still display 2x the amount of text that a 5" reader will at small font. PDFs can be viewed very nicely in a 1/4th page format as well as dual page (landscape). For technical documents, I prefer the former. But having wireless web browsing on a reading device... really makes the 950 powerful. Sittin' on the couch reading your book and you become curious about something you just read. Onto Wikipedia you go and find out more about it... on the same device even. Wireless setup was a breeze too. I'd say its worth the extra $70 over the 650. Last edited by Elecman; 01-15-2011 at 12:08 PM.