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Originally Posted by tinybilbo
Many thanks bbusybookworm for the quick reply,
I just googled into the forum, and I'm glad I've joined - its seems a friendly place 
Your quick breakdown has shown me the way to go, despite having been more in favour of the Cybook - the fact it can't reflow is unfortunate. My Palm T3 has this and it made Pdf's much easier to read.
So I will be choosing the Sony based on the extra sturdiness (whilst I treat my gadgets with respect - I do feel that they need to be able to survive the odd impact) and its ability to reflow pdf's.
It's almost a shame really because I do really like the Cybook due to its lightness, Html, and dictionary - in fact I would forgo the sturdiness factor if It displayed Pdf's better. Does the reflow work well on the sony or does the pdf reading on both suck so that I'm never going to use it?.....
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Glad I could Help, but i'll like to add a qualifier to the sturdyness of the Sony. The main benefit is that the all metal case prevents flex, which has been an issue for some users of the Gen3.
I've personally never had this problem, but its something to think about. The screen as mentioned by others is the same, so be careful of putting any weight or stress directly on either of them.
As for PDF, while the Gen 3 does not reflow the document like the Sony, it does allow you to rotate, zoom in and out.
If you have a lot of PDF's which are mainly text, its pretty easy to convert them for the Gen 3 with Mobipocket creator. Its literally a matter of minutes. And if the PDF has links inside, its usually able to convert them as well.
I usually convert any PDF's I need except for those which have images or non standard layout in them. Those the Gen 3 handles reasonably.
And while the Sony does reflow most PDF's quiet well,it does have it quirks, and if I understand correctly there is no way to switch that feature off which coulde be a pain in some cases.