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Old 07-14-2012, 02:28 AM   #1
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Best 6" 768×1024?

I'm looking to upgrade from my PB360, and was hoping to get one with one of the new 768×1024 6" e-paper screens.

Beyond higher screen resolution, what I'd be looking for is:

1) Good button placement (particularly the page-turn buttons) & build quality.

2) Touchscreen (preferable but not essential).

3) Lighter is better (as is thinner & with less bezel).

3a) Have no need for a keyboard, so really don't want the extra weight & space for one. (Ditto, but to a lesser extent, WiFi, cellular, etc.)

4) EPUB support is essential, and would strongly prefer software that allows heavy customisation of font, fontsize & margins (e.g. FBReader).

5) Mild preference for an external card slot.

[Update] 6) Adding 'Folder Navigation' as a fairly strongly desired feature. I store my books hierarchically by author (and often with that by series), and don't really want to be continually having to create 'collections' to replicate this. [/Update]

(3a) eliminates the iRiver Story HD, which leaves the Boox i62HD (rather heavy & the Boox forum hasn't been complimentary about its buttons), the PAGEone HD (no touchscreen) and Wexler Flex ONE (no touchscreen, incredibly light, but a vague question-mark, due to a blog-review, about the build-quality of its buttons).

Of these, I can only find a seller for the i62HD (but that's of no immediate issue, as I'm not under any time pressure -- assuming of course that the other two are in fact eventually released for sale, which I will admit is no certainty). Anybody wish to venture an opinion on any of these, and/or suggest further alternatives?

Last edited by Hrafn; 07-26-2012 at 03:54 AM. Reason: Adding 'Folder Navigation'
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