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Originally Posted by jbcohen
Try a Sony PRS, I believe you will be pleasantly supprised. Apple owners tell me that the ipad is ackward for ereading.
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I own a PRS-650. It's an okay eReader but the screen is really too small. My iPad1 is a better eReader. Why?
1. Bigger screen = more text at a given size (or bigger text at same qty).
2. All eBooks (in every app I have that does ePub) have a flag so you come back into the book exactly where you left off. (I don't think my Sony does that except for the current book. Leave that book without manually setting a bookmark and, when you open that book again, you're at the first page without knowing where you left off.)
3. Adjustable backlighting permits you to set what you need for the surrounding environment.
4. iPad has a power adapter so you may read while plugged in. (Must buy a charger for the Sony; if you plug the Sony into a computer using the USB cable, you're in "charging mode" and can't read.) Even if you plug the iPad via USB/Dock Connector into your computer, you may still read while the unit is charging.
Downsides to the iPad when compared to the Sony:
1. iPad can't be used in bright daylight or even open shade.
2. iPad needs to be charged every few days (unless you do more than read books in which case you'll have to charge every day).
3. iPad is heavier.
4. You can (and sometimes will) do more than read. Distractions...distractions.
As I gave my iPad to my father, I'm trying to decide which iPad (1 or 2) to get now. I'm leaning toward the older one as it's cheaper and, having used one for the last 11 months, I think I'd rather put the extra money into my next MacBook Pro as the "power" features of the new iPad2 would be more useful to me in the OSX (as opposed to iOS) arena.
Of course, YMMV. PM me with questions if you wish.
