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fleaaaaaa · 06-02-2011, 01:24 PM

I have had a non touchscreen Ereader and a touchscreen one.

I had the bookeen cybook and now have the Sony 350. I have this feeling that if I had had the older Sony reader I would have also come to the conclusion I will tell you about. I watched how you peddle through books and dictionary words on youtube for the non touch screen sony it was similar to my cybook.

Now here we go, I never thought initially when I heard "these are touch screen now" that it was the best idea I had ever heard. However upon trying the sony instore, I really liked it and I felt it sped up the whole process of finding a book, looking up words etc. The onscreen keyboard is a little slower than you may hope for though I don't use it that often. Dictionary lookup is the most impressive aspect (bookmarking is nice and quick too), on the cybook I had to take many more steps to look up a word, now its a simple double tap.

I love the 350, I don't have a screen protector but I might get one, however the stylus (I didn't find it till I got home) means you don't HAVE to touch the screen.

My answer to the pole though is that I want both buttons and touchscreen, like the sony becaue I always turn page (90% of the time) with my buttons.

06-02-2011, 01:24 PM	#99
fleaaaaaa Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Sony PRS350	Touchscreen please I have had a non touchscreen Ereader and a touchscreen one. I had the bookeen cybook and now have the Sony 350. I have this feeling that if I had had the older Sony reader I would have also come to the conclusion I will tell you about. I watched how you peddle through books and dictionary words on youtube for the non touch screen sony it was similar to my cybook. Now here we go, I never thought initially when I heard "these are touch screen now" that it was the best idea I had ever heard. However upon trying the sony instore, I really liked it and I felt it sped up the whole process of finding a book, looking up words etc. The onscreen keyboard is a little slower than you may hope for though I don't use it that often. Dictionary lookup is the most impressive aspect (bookmarking is nice and quick too), on the cybook I had to take many more steps to look up a word, now its a simple double tap. I love the 350, I don't have a screen protector but I might get one, however the stylus (I didn't find it till I got home) means you don't HAVE to touch the screen. My answer to the pole though is that I want both buttons and touchscreen, like the sony becaue I always turn page (90% of the time) with my buttons.