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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Really hard to say that until you try it. It looks to me if you hold it near the bottom left corner you thumb would be close to the page turn button.
Also, if you can hold in with your right hand and also a quick thumb swipe up the edge of the screen shouldn't require to much movement.
Once again... it seems hard to judge without trying it.
BOb
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BOb, et. al.,
I'm sitting here with my PRS-500 stepping through a short document with the buttons along the bottom of the screen. It's too much of a reach for my thumbs if I try to hold it at either corner in a single hand. I can do it if I perch it in my hand with my hand in the center of the bottom and my little finger bracing the bottom edge of the unit (and three fingers behind). Do-able, but definitely more awkward.
That being said, I realize that I rarely read exclusively one-handedly. Even when I hold it in my left hand with my fingers over the page buttons, I rarely go more than one or two pages without switching hands and or absent-mindedly touching it with the right hand. Often I just holding it in the right hand for a page (which CANNOT turn a page with the 500) and then switch back when I come to the end of a page.
More to the point, when I hold it even briefly with two hands, I have no problem accessing the middle of the bottom row buttons. My conclusion is that at least for me, I don't think it'd be too problematic using those buttons or making a little thumb swipe to turn the page. I'm trying it (obviously pretending with the thumb swipe part) and it feels pretty natural.
Of course YMMV and the real thing may feel a little different, but it's a pretty good way to evaluate it before it hits the street. I'm going to practice (when reading on my 500) holding and making the motions that I'd have to make with the 700 for a while to see how it feels after some elapsed time.
- The Inspector