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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
LucidDreams: I much prefer the screen of the PRS-350 to that of the Nook Touch. Since I own both 6" and 7" devices with the 350's Pearl screen, I'd be willing to compare all three over the weekend if you like. That way, you can verify or disprove your idea about the 350's relative darkness. I can tell you from the daily experience of switching back and forth from the Kindle 3 to the 350 that the screens are equally beige, with the K3 being perhaps a faint shade darker. However, if you use the official Sony case with light, the 350's screen stays a uniform shade of white when you position the light correctly at its brightest setting. It also looks gorgeous and ethereal while doing so.
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I think you might be confusing the
Nook Touch with the Nook Color. Really, it's just the new Nook eReader released yesterday that I was referring too, which becomes available on June 10th. It's $139, 6" touch screen (uses IR like the Sony), supports ePub and PDF, has Wi-fi and microSD slot, along with 7 text sizes plus 6 styles.
While both the PRS-350 and Kindle 3 use the same screen the reason why it appears darker to me is because I use the small font size. The medium font is too big so the page formatting doesn't look right to me. So if the Kindle 3 and PRS-350 displayed the same text page with the only difference being the PRS-350 screen being smaller then you have less white space between text which makes the page appear darker. When I looked at the PRS-350 demo unit at Best Buy it appeared to be brighter than the one I own. So I don't know if my screen could be the issue. Not defective since it works but rather an inconsistency with manufacturing of the screen.
For on the go reading the PRS-350 is a great device because of it's form factor. But if one will also spend a good amount of time reading at home then a 6" screen would be a better choice. While it would be nice to have the PRS-350 and a 6" eReader the negatives of the additional cost, keeping both in sync, and charged defeat the advantages. At least for me.