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Originally Posted by Cthulhu
I love that they call in an "e-book."
Here I said as much.
It indeed seems that many reviews of these things are done by not so savvy people with a very limited exposure to it. Of course, that could be the case with all gadgets, and we are simply a bit sensitive of our lovely e-ink babies. ;- |
I think
both the review and all the criticisms leveled against it are fair.
The review is fair, because you have to remember that most people do not have the understanding of computers to use software like libprs500. A review in something like consumer reports is intentionally designed to address the "average" consumer, not people with technical expertise.
In that sense the Kindle currently comes out a bit ahead for the average consumer, since by default it has more functionality then the PRS505. Sure, almost all of that functionality can be duplicated on the 505, but I wouldn't expect my grandmother to be able to do it. I bet she could figure out how to get newspapers on the Kindle though.
The criticisms are fair though also, since for technical people a lot of the issues they raise are really non-issues. If you're computer savvy you'd be better off reading a review someone posted here. The page turn thing is a bit silly, but maybe some people would be annoyed by that. It never bothered me at all, not for a second. My only thought was that it was interesting that they reset the entire screen before re-displaying, and wondered if there would be artifacts if they just updated the to be updated pixels.