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toddos · 08-28-2011, 05:08 AM

Oh my, that was so long ago I don't even remember. I think it was either Dracula or Frankenstein, read on a Casio Cassiopeia E-115 in the very first version of Microsoft Reader for PocketPC way back in 2000.

I used that device for reading up until 2004 or so, then relapsed to paper books until the iPhone store opened up in 2008 and I started reading again with the Fictionwise eReader app. After a few months of that I switched to Stanza, upgraded to a 3GS in 2009, and then this year switched to WP7 and Freda. I also tried several e-ink devices over the years (Sony PRS-300, Nook STR, girlfriend's Kindle 3) but I keep going back to reading on small-form-factor devices, perhaps because that's how I started e-reading in the first place.

08-28-2011, 05:08 AM	#22
toddos Guru Posts: 695 Karma: 822675 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kobo Aura, Nokia Lumia 920 (Freda)	Oh my, that was so long ago I don't even remember. I think it was either Dracula or Frankenstein, read on a Casio Cassiopeia E-115 in the very first version of Microsoft Reader for PocketPC way back in 2000. I used that device for reading up until 2004 or so, then relapsed to paper books until the iPhone store opened up in 2008 and I started reading again with the Fictionwise eReader app. After a few months of that I switched to Stanza, upgraded to a 3GS in 2009, and then this year switched to WP7 and Freda. I also tried several e-ink devices over the years (Sony PRS-300, Nook STR, girlfriend's Kindle 3) but I keep going back to reading on small-form-factor devices, perhaps because that's how I started e-reading in the first place. Last edited by toddos; 08-28-2011 at 05:12 AM.