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BuddyBoy · 10-03-2008, 06:31 PM

Count me in the "new model, time to upgrade" crowd. I'm lucky in that I can usually sell last year's model for about $100 discount off list (I keep them in pristine shape) and this year I'm adding on $50 for the lightwedge cover, which I bought last weekend. So for $150 more, yeah, I'll upgrade.

The touchscreen doesn't bother me - I've had a rocket ebook, REB 1100, REB 1200, GEB 1150, GEB 2150, eBookwise 1150 and they've all been touchscreen. As a matter of fact, had it not been for run-time and storage capacity issues, I'd probably still be using my GEB 1150 - I loved that touch-screen user interface, and the unit itself had a great hand-fit!

For one handed reading, I tend to hold my book in my left hand by the bottom corner and hit the page turn buttons there anyway, so that's not likely to be a big problem, though I'm not happy that on the PRS-700 the page forward and page back are so close together. What I'd really like to see them do someday is add a couple of slightly larger buttons on the left hand side of the screen, and, like the GEB 1150, support upside-down flipping so those buttons can be used on either the left or right hand side. Maybe even indent the side buttons a touch with an ergonomic thumb curve so that they aren't bumped accidentally too often.

10-03-2008, 06:31 PM	#35
BuddyBoy eBookin' Fool Posts: 310 Karma: 1008360 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC Device: Kindle Paperwhite, KK, iPad (Ex Prs 505, 500, Reb1100-2150, Rocket)	Count me in the "new model, time to upgrade" crowd. I'm lucky in that I can usually sell last year's model for about $100 discount off list (I keep them in pristine shape) and this year I'm adding on $50 for the lightwedge cover, which I bought last weekend. So for $150 more, yeah, I'll upgrade. The touchscreen doesn't bother me - I've had a rocket ebook, REB 1100, REB 1200, GEB 1150, GEB 2150, eBookwise 1150 and they've all been touchscreen. As a matter of fact, had it not been for run-time and storage capacity issues, I'd probably still be using my GEB 1150 - I loved that touch-screen user interface, and the unit itself had a great hand-fit! For one handed reading, I tend to hold my book in my left hand by the bottom corner and hit the page turn buttons there anyway, so that's not likely to be a big problem, though I'm not happy that on the PRS-700 the page forward and page back are so close together. What I'd really like to see them do someday is add a couple of slightly larger buttons on the left hand side of the screen, and, like the GEB 1150, support upside-down flipping so those buttons can be used on either the left or right hand side. Maybe even indent the side buttons a touch with an ergonomic thumb curve so that they aren't bumped accidentally too often. Last edited by BuddyBoy; 10-03-2008 at 06:33 PM. Reason: typo