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Old 02-27-2012, 01:13 PM   #39
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I will not feed the troll just above this post. I'll just leave these early reviews here:


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Originally Posted by andyh2000 View Post
Having used it a bit more now my fondness for it is growing. I think the main weaknesses are the darker screen and lower contrast than I'm used to from the latest E-Ink Pearl screens, the slightly slow page flip speed (although that varies with the document), the missing web browser and the under-featured document viewers (especially not being able to page forward or back when you're zoomed in to a PDF). Of those, the last two are definitely fixable by a firmware update, the speed might be tweakable a bit, and we're stuck with the screen. For a first generation of a brand new (to commercial devices) technology I think it's not bad at all.

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Originally Posted by Nate the great View Post
I've only had it for a couple hours t this point but I'm not happy. The screen is so gray that I plan to call it Dorian.

LuBiB has a pretty good summary elsewhere of the menus, features, and so on, so I won't repeat his work.

But I will note that the software is not anywhere near being done. It doesn't have the annotation options I would have expected with a textbook platform. I also cannot find the web browser or a way to enable Wifi. (I don't think they work yet.)

And I can definitely say that as a textbook platform the iPad offers more options for the same price.

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Originally Posted by mexmike View Post
I have a Jetbook Color and also a Daily Edition PRS-950 so far, I am disappointed with the Jetbook compared to the Sony. I bought the Jetbook so that I could use it for PDF electronic schematics. Not good for that I've discovered.
1)I know the Jetbook is twice the screen size but the Sony is so much faster; about twice as fast to turn pages.
2) The screen is grey almost a cement green like colour. The Sony screen is much lighter, so reading the Jetbbook is more like black text on grey/green compared to black on almost white. This makes reading in poor light a strain
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Some pics:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...6&postcount=35
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/att...8&d=1328464299
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/att...1&d=1328464299
http://i44.tinypic.com/2j1jy8m.jpg

Since reading is at present the only thing you can do with this device, It'd be enough to see some pics under standard lighting of a JetBookColor just near a Kindle DXG or a Boox M92 or any other 9,7" with Pearl display.

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