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Just hope that the first user receiving and reviewing one also has a Kindle DX to compare it to!
The only thing that scares me little is when those large screen ebook readers get torqued; for the glass substrate! They have quite small borders, and torquing is probably a large reader's weakness!
As far as resolution, it's still finer than a regular 800x600 pix e-ink screen.
Most pdf's are readable, though not comfortably, on 6" e-ink screens (one can actually read the letters if one tries hard).
This newer screen not only has an increase in resolution, but also has a larger page, meaning small letters will appear larger.
With these 2 benefits over regular E-ink it might be just enough to read most PDF's for people with good eyes.
One feat missed on nearly all PDF reader programs, is to zoom to a level that gets rid of the white margins (no reflow, just zoom to text). If that was possible, many pdf's would be much more comfortable to read on current e-ink devices.
And since I was uncomfortable reading most pdf's on a 6" screen, but only marginally, I guess the Jetbook Color will be one just crossing that margin enough for one like me.
I would understand that many would prefer a higher resolution and/or bigger screen.
It would be nice when the jetbook color allows text to be fattened (like made bolder)!
In that case very small text might become even more readable!
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