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Originally Posted by molman
Hey thanks for the report back, and friendly PM. Been a little busy of late. I'm curious how you find the device physically - from memory it is meant to be a little lighter than the Kobo, but I'm not sure I'm a fan of the glossy boarder? Also how is the performance overall - page turns, navigating around etc?
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They feel just about the same weight to me. I agree about the glossy border, but it doesn't seem to be a problem once you start reading. My KT has a Casecrown cover that is a bit like a picture-frame, all round the screen and with just a gap for the one button. Probably they or someone will design a case for the T1 along the same lines that will cover up most of the gloss, though with all the buttons at the bottom, that sort might not work. The back is matte, and I don't know why they didn't use that for the front as well.
It seems to take longer to turn on than the KT. Maybe it has more to sort out as it has the capacity to take recordings and also images. Page turning is the same as the KT (I was swiping as I am used to that, but also tried the buttons back and forward.) It does seem a bit more "flashy" with each page turn - a bit hard to explain, but the whole screen goes to black and then white with the next page, where the KT just blinks the words over to the next page as it were - though now I flick through several pages of a book, it sometimes does the same black/white flash as the Sony.
Navigating in terms of going to the full list of books is quick and easy. The home screen shows the most recently read book at the top, then three "recently added" (presumably the last three). Then at the bottom of the screen are Books (ie the Library), Periodicals (which is within Library in the KT), Reader Store (Sony version of the Kobo store) and Collections where you can find a list which is set - Unread Books, Unread Periodicals, Purchased Books, and then whatever collections you have set up. At this stage my husband has only one of these but will no doubt add more as he puts in more books.
The buttons at the bottom are from left to right: previous page, next page, home, back to previous screen and menu. When you press menu in the book it offers you: navigate page, notes, font, customize view, handwriting and more. When you press more it offers: search, orientation, settings.
There doesn't seem to be the option of a Shortlist as on the KT, but then I suppose you can use the Collections button to get to whatever you feel like reading next.
Sorry - that's a bit long-winded, but I hope it covers what you need to know.