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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
DickyCheung22,
Huh? What does 3rd party support have to do with it not being a good ebook reader?
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What will you use to actually
read your ebooks? Almost certainly, third-party software. Mind you, this will be true for
any device not designed to be an ebook reader in the first place.
I read ebooks on a Palm OS PDA. Yes, an older version of Palm Reader (now eReader) was bundled with it, but I seldom use it. With one or two exceptions, all of my ebooks are in formats that require third party software to display. I use Plucker, MobiPocket, PalmFiction, and PalmPDF, in about that order of frequency. (And Palm Reader is third party software, too, even if bundled.)
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I will tell you now, though the small screen and the back lit LCD may not be to everyone's taste, the iPod Touch (and iPhone) make a very solid reader. I enjoy reading with it quite a bit. Since I have no problems with the back light, if I was given a 5" version tomorrow I would probably stop my search for a dedicated ereader.
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I wouldn't mind a device just like what I have now, but with a larger screen. Backlit LCD doesn't bother me, and I can turn the backlight off to read outdoors.
I'm not in the market for a dedicated reader because I need color, and the ability to do other things besides display ebooks.
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Dennis