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Originally Posted by petercreasey
Harmon, I can't imagine my 950 being any better than it is.
What is there about the T1 that makes you prefer it over the 950?
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It's lighter, has a better screen contrast, is more portable, and seems to have a faster response time. And while the screen is smaller, it doesn't seem to be proportionately smaller, since it occupies more of the surface area of the device.
One advantage the 950 has over the T1 is with pdfs, but I read those on other devices. Another advantage is in reading newspapers, but again, I do that on other devices. So these two items have no use for me.
An advantage of the 950 is that you can get more text on the page at the same font size, but the faster screen refresh of the T1 partially offsets that. In addition, you can get the same amount of text on each screen, but in a larger font on the 950 (which is why I have it for bedtime reading, when my eyes are tired) but that is partially offset by the better screen of the T1.
But note how that can be phrased the other way around. "An advantage of the T1 is that you have a faster screen refresh, but the larger screen on the 950 partially offsets that. In addition, the screen resolution on the T1 makes it easier to read, but that is partially offset by the larger font sizes which the 950 gives you for the same quantity of text."
So for me, the main issue comes down to portablity. If portability were not an issue, I would not
trade one for the other.
But if portability were not an issue, and I were making an
initial purchase (and if I could get either at the same price) I'd take the T1 because of what I'd call the Jobs Factor. If you were to look at all the
E-Ink based EBRs out there, and were told that one of them was a Steve Jobs influenced product (not that I'd believe it), I would select the T1 as that product.
(I said E-Ink devices because if LCD devices were included, I'd say that the Color Nook was the most Jobs-like device.)