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Originally Posted by DaleDe
The 1200 is a great eBook reader but it has poor battery life and very heavy and bulky. It is best used at home but the 1150 is better when traveling (mobileread). The eBookwise is 1150 still be sold while the 1200 is not. I understand the Cybook gen 1 was a nice device too. Used units are often scarce or hard to get repaired or get parts.
Dale
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Poor battery life is relative - compared to e-ink, there is no contest. Yes, the 1150 has longer battery life but the small screen, greenish, dingy screen of the 1150 outweighs the shorter battery life (to me). I get about 10 hrs of use before charging which I takes very little time and I can do it while traveling with a car adapter.
Heavy. Yep. Did I mention the large screen size and the clarity of text and whiteness of the screen? Again, one outweighs the other - you decide.
Yes the 1150 is still being sold but you CAN find the 1200 on ebay from time to time. That's where I found mine. Also, the 1200 is still being supported by the maker, eBook Technologies (Garth Conboy is the nicest guy!) and their email response time is phenomenal).
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Originally Posted by ashkulz
...My 1200 rarely leaves the house as it's way too bulky (plus it has that problem with the page turn button -- which is flimsy by design)
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Bulky - see Heavy. Yep. above
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I've read other posts about the "flimsy" buttons and I just don't see it. I only WISH my Sony 505 has the buttons my 1200 does. Maybe it's an individual reader issue.
You won't convince me that the 1150 is better as a reader than the 1200. You want to say it's lighter and has a better battery life, then yep, I agree. Try reading PDFs on an 1150. No way, no how... no... oh, that's from my political rant - never mind!
Katelyn