Thanks, folks.
Looks like the trend's towards the T1, then, unless someone can suggest any other I should consider?
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Originally Posted by polly
Sony fixed the screen with the PRS x50 line. The T1 and the Kobo touch have identical Pearl Eink screens. If you thought your Cool-ER screen was good, just wait until you see the Pearl screen.
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Sounds good! I was slightly concerned yesterday upon viewing the video review of the T1 that it was described as having a very white screen - my OH is dyslexic and finds a grey screen much easier to read, but it seems that the contrast on the T1 can be adjusted, so that's another point in its favour.
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Originally Posted by polly
The Sony will export notes; how much text comes with them depends on publisher permissions with the DRM encrypted books.
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Almost all mine are free downloads, so I don't think DRM is a problem - is that right? Do you know if the Kobo does this in a similar way?
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Originally Posted by polly
The Kobo and Sony both use normal styli. Anything that can write on the screen without scratching it will work. With the T1, the stylus no longer fits into the reader when not in use.
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Excellent! None of the reviews I've viewed/read seem to be very impressed with it being a separate stylus, and it seems all the more reason to go for a different one. There did seem to be a hint that a DS or other plastic stylus might be produce scratches, and that a rubber-tipped one would be better, but all the rubber-tipped ones I've seen (including the Targus that somone else mentioned on here) seem to be very broad, so I can't imagine that they would be very easy to write with. Opinions?
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Originally Posted by polly
PDF is a horrible format for a book. None of the readers will deal well with PDFs that are images or that have lots of charts, tables, or figures in them.
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You're so right, but that's how most of my proofs arrive! It's useful to know that the Sony's the best even if it isn't good.
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Originally Posted by polly
You can adjust how Calibre sends books to your Cool-ER. It doesn't have to be author folders.
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Now that's interesting - do you have a link to any instruction how how to do this, please? When I plugged in the Cool-ER, it was just seen as a hard drive.
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Originally Posted by SCION
If you're coming to the table with many sideloaded books, pass on the Kobo. The Kobo excels with their own books that use a rendering engine different from Adobe's.
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Thanks - didn't know that. I do have a lot of books, but they're all out-of-copyright books I've downloaded, so it would only cost me a bit of time to replace them. However, I'd prefer to stick with epubs, so it still seems a good reason to avoid the Kobo.