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review · 02-09-2011, 03:31 PM

Hi Paola,
You're right that the 903 and the IPad are both 9.7" readers. However, you have to keep in mind that this is display size and not the actual size of the device!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad says that the ipad has the following dimensions:

Dimensions 9.56 in (243 mm) (h)
7.47 in (190 mm) (w)
.5 in (13 mm) (d)

and the pocketbook 903 is reported to have those dimensions ( http://pocketbook.de/products/pocket...#specification ):
193 х 263 х 11,5 mm

So the 903 is about 20mm larger than the ipad and the cover you've shown doesn't seem to have another 20mm space. I'm looking myself for a good cover. However, I think that some people reported that the covers in general are quite heavy. So, let's assume a weight for the cover of around 400grams. If you add the weight of the 903 (around 600gr) you have one kilo gram to hold. I can very well understand that some people find that too heavy. So according to those thoughts I decided for myself that I can't look for a "book cover" as they probably wouldn't be stable enough or they would be too heavy.
So I think I will just have a look for a stable cover for transport but not for reading.

02-09-2011, 03:31 PM	#2
review Addict Posts: 315 Karma: 6448 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: 903	Hi Paola, You're right that the 903 and the IPad are both 9.7" readers. However, you have to keep in mind that this is display size and not the actual size of the device! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad says that the ipad has the following dimensions: Dimensions 9.56 in (243 mm) (h) 7.47 in (190 mm) (w) .5 in (13 mm) (d) and the pocketbook 903 is reported to have those dimensions ( http://pocketbook.de/products/pocket...#specification ): 193 х 263 х 11,5 mm So the 903 is about 20mm larger than the ipad and the cover you've shown doesn't seem to have another 20mm space. I'm looking myself for a good cover. However, I think that some people reported that the covers in general are quite heavy. So, let's assume a weight for the cover of around 400grams. If you add the weight of the 903 (around 600gr) you have one kilo gram to hold. I can very well understand that some people find that too heavy. So according to those thoughts I decided for myself that I can't look for a "book cover" as they probably wouldn't be stable enough or they would be too heavy. So I think I will just have a look for a stable cover for transport but not for reading.