Thread: Why are ebook readers so slow?
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Old 07-01-2012, 11:52 AM   #1
Brianrh
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Why are ebook readers so slow?
I have a cheap Android phone which has an ebook reader installed and it is quite good to use but obviously the screen is a bit to small. Loading a book or changing to a different book is relatively quick.

I have a Sony PRS300 and a Kobo Touch and to load or change books seems to take so long, especially on longer books. I have kept the number of books stored on the device down to about forty and keep them in the main memory. Books of over 1000 pages can take ages into minutes for the Sony.

Is this normal for ebook readers? I thought they had microprocessors as powerful as mobile phone ones so why should they be any slower?

I find these days I have several books on the go at the same time; or I need to switch between technical books when I am at work and I find this slowness frustrating.

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