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Originally Posted by _Ea_
Ah! I loved reading about your first impressions. I got one myself (book edition) a few weeks ago, and it felt much like that 
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Good luck with your new iLiad!  |
Thankyou.
I'm sure you will become entangled in the third party apps when you get a moment - those who aren't necessarily interested in them may scoff, but what's the point in having a reader that can do other stuff if you don't do other stuff ? If I wanted less things to play with I would have saved myself some dosh and bought a Sony or a Cybook. I don't have the money to have a device that just does the one thing, if that makes sense.
I finally settled down to read in bed last night - Duma Key by Stephen King. It's a free copy (legit !) in html which I suspect means that enlarging the fonts processes the whole document in one go, which takes a while to take effect. If that makes sense. The page numbers display at the bottom only show one page anyway.
As I recall FBReader doesn't do html ? - so html is being done by mobipocket reader I guess. I suppose I could convert the html to rtf and see how FB copes with it.
The reading experience itself was really easy, - I've learned the pre-empting a page turn trick. I could do with abit more contrast - the background being white rather than a shade of grey, but that's just e-ink so for now there's nothing to be done about it. The large screen is good - it could be larger on the one hand, for seeing purposes, but on the other hand, a larger screen may be heavier, and even a few more grams might be a problem for me. And a larger screen is abit more unwieldy IMO.
I imagine iRex have something up their sleeve in time for Christmas. I see an A4 size, ultra thin (macbook air thin) reader with a possibly different os in the distance. Is it a premonition, or merely a wish ?
Whether this sort of thing would give better contrast or not, and whether the price of such a device would be within my means is another thing !
I'm happy with the iLiad though - it's a nice size and it didn't feel heavy propped on my chest in bed.
Rachael