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tompe · 03-26-2008, 10:25 AM

I travelled for the first time with my Cybook over Eastern. On the train it was no problem using it. But on the plane I had to hold it in my hand all the time because it did not fit good in the pocket on the seat and I was afraid it would break if I put my knee on it by mistake if I put it there. When having food I had to put the food package on the Cybook.

Also we had to spend over one hour in the aircraft at Heathrow going home before taking off with seat belt lamp on most of the time and I had to ignore the rule to turn off all electronics to be able top read. Also when we landed the book was so good that I ignored it then also...

I was at a science fiction convention. I did not see any more Cybooks but I saw at least 2-3 Iliads (and a lot of Asus EEE). A friend from Norway had bough an Iliad so I looked at it a bit and it felt very big compared to the Cybook and much heavier. And the lines on the screen seemed to be to long... When I showed the Cybook to my friend he was impressed with the small size and later during the weekend I heard he had orders a Sony on eBay.

03-26-2008, 10:25 AM	#1
tompe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,452 Karma: 7185064 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Linköpng, Sweden Device: Kindle Voyage, Nexus 5, Kindle PW	Travelling with the Cybook I travelled for the first time with my Cybook over Eastern. On the train it was no problem using it. But on the plane I had to hold it in my hand all the time because it did not fit good in the pocket on the seat and I was afraid it would break if I put my knee on it by mistake if I put it there. When having food I had to put the food package on the Cybook. Also we had to spend over one hour in the aircraft at Heathrow going home before taking off with seat belt lamp on most of the time and I had to ignore the rule to turn off all electronics to be able top read. Also when we landed the book was so good that I ignored it then also... I was at a science fiction convention. I did not see any more Cybooks but I saw at least 2-3 Iliads (and a lot of Asus EEE). A friend from Norway had bough an Iliad so I looked at it a bit and it felt very big compared to the Cybook and much heavier. And the lines on the screen seemed to be to long... When I showed the Cybook to my friend he was impressed with the small size and later during the weekend I heard he had orders a Sony on eBay.