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Old 11-04-2011, 11:23 PM   #50
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Device: Sony PRS-505, -350; Kindle 3 3G, DX, PW 2; various tablets
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Originally Posted by seajewel View Post

A) the Pearl screen.. I did expect it to be a noticeable upgrade from my 505. Either I have an amazing 505, or a bad 350, or pearl isn't all that it was hyped up to be. Because I can barely see a difference in background paleness or text darkness. I tried looking at it in sunlight, in bright indoors light, not much of a difference, side by side. Then again, I didn't have much of a complaint about my 505, ever. I thought the screen had good contrast from the get-go. Both my 350 and 505 have silver bezel, btw, so it's not that.

B) Excessive screen flashing. Right away I felt like the 350 flashes more than my 505. I had gotten so used to the 505 that when I concentrated on the page flashing I realized it does so more than I thought, but it's less than the 350. the 350 has a way of sort of wobbling into the next page, so it's like it flashes twice, almost. or flashes "darker." This bothers me.

overall, i like that it is very light, but I'm bummed at the lack of a way to charge it other than by USB (unless I'm missing something)...
Sounds like we have identical PRS-350 refurbs.

A) Same here, the screen doesn't really look Pearl to my eyes, at least not the background. I can compare a 505 and K3 to the 350, and find the K3 has a lighter background, and is easier to read. The 505 text appears a bit lighter than the 350's, not sure about the background--sometimes the 350 looks grayer and the 505 creamier, other times they look similar. I was really disappointed about the background color when I first got it. Someone with two 350s (or maybe 650s?) commented that one was noticeably brighter than the other.

B) I don't want to investigate this aspect too much as it might begin to bother me. But yes, it seems to flash a darker black or something.

As to the charger, micro USB is now the standard. So you'll appreciate it going forward. If you keep it, that is. Mostly all new cellphones and gadgets have this micro USB connector.

Overall, though, I like mine a lot, mostly because of its small size and portability. I can like it more because it's not my only reader, but rather a more portable adjunct to my 6" readers. If I had to have just one reader, I don't know. I like also that it reads PDFs better than the 505 or K3.
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