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Originally Posted by kamizase
FYI, some people put their planned/future/ordered but not yet recieved devices in that category. I think it's obvious mSSM wanted to get a big Pocketbook, but changed mind and got a M92...
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That's exactly it. :-)
I fixed my ownership status just for you guys.
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Originally Posted by initx
Would you write your SUBJECTIVE experience after having been using it for a couple of days?
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I sure can do that! After having used the device for a couple of days (a little .epub here, a little .djvu and .pdf here):
Build quality is superb. I have not yet owned an ebook-reader, but I am a sucker for well-manufactured electronics (owning a Thinkpad, using mechanical keyboards only). I was especially pleased to find a nice leather cover with the device.
After days of use my battery is down from about 91% to 78% (I have not yet charged the device after unpacking it).
I am satisfied with the quality and the speed of rendering new pages. I was afraid I could get annoyed with the time it took ereaders to switch to a new state, but I am actually not. Text, even in .djvu files based on scanned books, is crisp and of high quality.
I have mainly read .epub novels and news downloaded via RSS using Calibre, and those worked reasonably well.
The browser certainly needs to be worked on. Especially pages using JavaScript or having images which are changing constantly (such as, funnily, the Onyx homepage bookmarked into the browser). There is no option to disable JavaScript or dynamic content, which often seems to clog up the browser making it unresponsive (alas, I can still just quit the browser and go back to reading, so that's okay). Also, on some web pages I could not follow links, and I do not understand why. I am aware that an ereader is not really to be used for Internet browsing, but the current state of the software makes it quite useless.
The scribble function is a nice gimmick, but I would prefer real pen and paper. I think the device is simply too small for anything but taking basic notes. Since I am a Physics student I need to be able to write down formulae, which can get pretty detailed and delicate. I don't see myself doing this with that device. Also, the calibration seems a bit off, but I haven't yet used the calibration software somebody posted in this forum.
All in all, I am very satisfied with the device so far. It does the job with things it is meant to do, with others it seems to be yet be mature enough.
I still have to see what it is like to actually work with the device, reading papers, textbooks and so on on a daily basis. Having opened one book in DinA4 format, I feeled like I could read it just fine. But I see how Pocketbook's column feature could come in handy.