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rkw · 10-28-2012, 09:41 AM

actually my old Sony Clie NX73v running MobiReader or any other reader software which allowed use of the devices jog-wheel to control auto-scrolling speed or simply turned pages. Plus it had that old transreflective screen I could read on outdoors in direct sunlight when you turn off the backlight. You can also remove and put in another battery if needed (I carry two because back then battery runtime was not all that long) In fact I still drag the thing around with books from non-drm places like Baen. It can also play video if transcoded to the proper format but that has become just not worth the effort.

Love my Kindles but for sheer reading ease none of them give me the comfort of reading that trusty, geeze, what 7-8 year old PDA gives me.

After that of course most of the time I reach for a Kindle though I never use my KF for reading as it really just does not hit a sweet spot for me. I read magazines and books needing color on my Asus tf300t.

I've tried lots of pocket sized devices from iPod Touch to Nokia N800 to the Samsung 4" & 5" devices for just reading. Not a single one of them makes the device itself as transparent as that old Clie. Kinda like my old Creative Nomad Zen Xtra with a 100GB HDD added to it is my primary device for audiobooks from Audible. It's old but does things that have been either engineered out or been "improved out" via DRM and other forms of use restrictions.

1. Sony Clie NX73V (paperback only really) - still it is old and there are limitations with formats
2. Pretty much any Kindle or really any EPD black & white reader (mostly paperback type reading)
3. Special use case is my ASUS TF300T for mags, large format books as well as any reference which requires color. And oh yes, to read PDF's simply because of the software I can have for Android. I mean why not since I already own the silly thing.
4. LEAST FAVORITE device of last resort for book reading is my Kindle Fire. The device just does not feel right for book reading. In fact it is why I replaced my KF with the TF300T. Oddly I watch most video on the KF rather than the ASUS.

10-28-2012, 09:41 AM	#64
rkw Old & Busted Hotness Posts: 182 Karma: 1290260 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0,Asus TF700T, K1-2-3-Fire	actually my old Sony Clie NX73v running MobiReader or any other reader software which allowed use of the devices jog-wheel to control auto-scrolling speed or simply turned pages. Plus it had that old transreflective screen I could read on outdoors in direct sunlight when you turn off the backlight. You can also remove and put in another battery if needed (I carry two because back then battery runtime was not all that long) In fact I still drag the thing around with books from non-drm places like Baen. It can also play video if transcoded to the proper format but that has become just not worth the effort. Love my Kindles but for sheer reading ease none of them give me the comfort of reading that trusty, geeze, what 7-8 year old PDA gives me. After that of course most of the time I reach for a Kindle though I never use my KF for reading as it really just does not hit a sweet spot for me. I read magazines and books needing color on my Asus tf300t. I've tried lots of pocket sized devices from iPod Touch to Nokia N800 to the Samsung 4" & 5" devices for just reading. Not a single one of them makes the device itself as transparent as that old Clie. Kinda like my old Creative Nomad Zen Xtra with a 100GB HDD added to it is my primary device for audiobooks from Audible. It's old but does things that have been either engineered out or been "improved out" via DRM and other forms of use restrictions. 1. Sony Clie NX73V (paperback only really) - still it is old and there are limitations with formats 2. Pretty much any Kindle or really any EPD black & white reader (mostly paperback type reading) 3. Special use case is my ASUS TF300T for mags, large format books as well as any reference which requires color. And oh yes, to read PDF's simply because of the software I can have for Android. I mean why not since I already own the silly thing. 4. LEAST FAVORITE device of last resort for book reading is my Kindle Fire. The device just does not feel right for book reading. In fact it is why I replaced my KF with the TF300T. Oddly I watch most video on the KF rather than the ASUS.