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Originally Posted by parkher
Another thing about T2 (and all 6" readers) - it is much better to use landscape orientation with it. Not only it is more pleasant to read with wider margins and the usual text width as in printed books, but also the way you can hold it in your hand with the cover turned all the way back.
It just hangs on your fingers, you can have your hand relaxed fully. And no danger of dropping the reader whatsoever.
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Another way we differ. I don't like reading landscape on anything. Nor do I like holding the T2 in landscape mode. It doesn't fit my hand well.
I did try CoolReader, and didn't care for it at all. Been a while, and I've tried a lot of others since then, so can't remember why. For me, it was easily forgettable.
The original Sony OS on the T2 had the fonts and size choices I needed. It organizes by collections with Calibre, so that's working well for me. I like the home screen, and really could care less about a 'last read' or 'recently added' list The hack was interesting to play with, but not worth messing around with in the end.
So, no, I can't get all excited about rooting a machine that already does most of what I want. I didn't get it to hack it, and I don't use it that way.
Yet, they're still my favorite machines. It'd be nice if the next gen tweaks some things, and I could try a front-lit version (although I don't really care for the Paperwhite or Nook Glow light.) But they'd have to do it right.