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uboot · 08-19-2013, 04:49 AM

So there are different user profiles...

1.) Reading in daylight - no need for glo light

2.) Reading in dim light - glo light is definitely usefull, especially outdoors. Indoors, I prefer a regular reading lamp that lightens not only the reader, but my surroundings too.

3.) Reading in darkness - glo light is as uncomfortable as reading a regular tabled / computer screen. The best thing IMHO would be something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Lightwedge-NV1...pr_product_top

I'm afraid, sooner or later I'd build my own clip-on reading lamp with red LEDs.... just need to find a way to get a smooth/uniform illumination..

Anyways - the death of my PRS-T1 was somewhat a relief to me - I just realize how much overhead is caused by the Android base. Of course it gives you much more flexibility - you may choose between different reading apps and so on. I didn't like the stock reading app - it crashed on some of my ebooks and was slow on complicated PDF files. I finally sticked with coolreader and APV PDF Viewer. Also, I was glad to have the Kindle Android app on my T1. Meanwhile I got myself an Android tablet, so there was no need anymore to use the T1 for something different than e-reading.

Now - with the more handy Kobo Mini and the calibre DRM plugin making Kindle app obsolete - I realize that it is much more comfortable to have a operating system dedicated solely to e-reading - less battery drain, no crashes at all, faster bootup, less distraction due to fewer tweaking options

And if I get bored, there is no need for rooting and internal flash memory can be easily dumped and altered because it is a simpe µSD card

If I needed better PDF support, I'd go for the Pocketbook 623 Touch Lux. It even has hardware page turn buttons.

Here in Germany, there is also another Android based eReader that even has glo light: Toline Shine. It is very easy to root and pretty cheap (99EUR).

But I'm not a friend of Sony anymore because
1) they are lazy on firmware updates and the firmware is buggy (letting the standby screen crash by imcompatible ebooks is plain stupid - software can be made more robust with e.g. reasonable exception handling, timeouts, watchdogs, etc. Also the fact that the data partition is never checked for file system errors is a no-go. Many crashes / issues could be easily prevented with a fsck on boot - like regular linux does. And finally the kernel was buggy with usb charging / usb connection, occasionally causing battery drain over night.)
2) they patronize advanced customers by closing rooting backdoors

Both - Kobo and Pocketbook - are much more active on fixing firmware bugs and adding new features.

08-19-2013, 04:49 AM	#173
uboot Evangelist Posts: 425 Karma: 75216 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: old europe Device: Kobo Mini, Tolino Epos 2	So there are different user profiles... 1.) Reading in daylight - no need for glo light 2.) Reading in dim light - glo light is definitely usefull, especially outdoors. Indoors, I prefer a regular reading lamp that lightens not only the reader, but my surroundings too. 3.) Reading in darkness - glo light is as uncomfortable as reading a regular tabled / computer screen. The best thing IMHO would be something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Lightwedge-NV1...pr_product_top I'm afraid, sooner or later I'd build my own clip-on reading lamp with red LEDs.... just need to find a way to get a smooth/uniform illumination.. Anyways - the death of my PRS-T1 was somewhat a relief to me - I just realize how much overhead is caused by the Android base. Of course it gives you much more flexibility - you may choose between different reading apps and so on. I didn't like the stock reading app - it crashed on some of my ebooks and was slow on complicated PDF files. I finally sticked with coolreader and APV PDF Viewer. Also, I was glad to have the Kindle Android app on my T1. Meanwhile I got myself an Android tablet, so there was no need anymore to use the T1 for something different than e-reading. Now - with the more handy Kobo Mini and the calibre DRM plugin making Kindle app obsolete - I realize that it is much more comfortable to have a operating system dedicated solely to e-reading - less battery drain, no crashes at all, faster bootup, less distraction due to fewer tweaking options And if I get bored, there is no need for rooting and internal flash memory can be easily dumped and altered because it is a simpe µSD card If I needed better PDF support, I'd go for the Pocketbook 623 Touch Lux. It even has hardware page turn buttons. Here in Germany, there is also another Android based eReader that even has glo light: Toline Shine. It is very easy to root and pretty cheap (99EUR). But I'm not a friend of Sony anymore because 1) they are lazy on firmware updates and the firmware is buggy (letting the standby screen crash by imcompatible ebooks is plain stupid - software can be made more robust with e.g. reasonable exception handling, timeouts, watchdogs, etc. Also the fact that the data partition is never checked for file system errors is a no-go. Many crashes / issues could be easily prevented with a fsck on boot - like regular linux does. And finally the kernel was buggy with usb charging / usb connection, occasionally causing battery drain over night.) 2) they patronize advanced customers by closing rooting backdoors Both - Kobo and Pocketbook - are much more active on fixing firmware bugs and adding new features.