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Dave Berk · 05-05-2006, 07:43 AM

Hi

I'm new here. Just found this site.

After reading through the reviews here on the site, both on the iLiad and on the sony reader, I've decided to go with the sony, because of the following reasons:

1. iLiad too expensive. (the most important reason

)
2. From what I've seen of the pictures here it seems both ugly and too big for easy carrying. (matter of opinion, though)
3. No cover. I've yet to see a screen that doesn't get scratches. A cover goes a long way to ensure your ipod/digicam/cellphone will still be readable a couple of months later.

and I don't really need all the bells and whistles of the iLiad. mostly I just want and eReader to read eBooks. Nothing more. for mp3 I've an ipod. for a calendar - a very good paper and ink flowers calendar. I was never a big fan of the whole convergence idea.

I still though have few questions I didn't find an answer for on the site.

1. In a paperback you get usually around 35 lines of about 11 words each. from what I have seen of sony reader here is seems we will get around 22 lines of 7 words each. And it's not nitpicking, I don't want to have to flip the pages every few seconds. Is that the way it is or can you adjust the size? and if you can, how small is still readable?

2. Look at the Reader's image there. you will see that the end of the lines (in the text) doesn't end in the same place. Also, paragraph don't always start at the same distance from the margin. I don't know why, but that bothers me in a book. Is that just a badly formatted book? a problem with the reader?

3. Last, is there any known problem with the reader? Faults of the Librie that may or may not been fixed in the reader?

Sorry for the rant ..

Thanks for reading
dave

05-05-2006, 07:43 AM	#1
Dave Berk Fanatic Posts: 574 Karma: 138556 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PRS505	Sony Reader, a couple of questions Hi I'm new here. Just found this site. After reading through the reviews here on the site, both on the iLiad and on the sony reader, I've decided to go with the sony, because of the following reasons: 1. iLiad too expensive. (the most important reason ) 2. From what I've seen of the pictures here it seems both ugly and too big for easy carrying. (matter of opinion, though) 3. No cover. I've yet to see a screen that doesn't get scratches. A cover goes a long way to ensure your ipod/digicam/cellphone will still be readable a couple of months later. and I don't really need all the bells and whistles of the iLiad. mostly I just want and eReader to read eBooks. Nothing more. for mp3 I've an ipod. for a calendar - a very good paper and ink flowers calendar. I was never a big fan of the whole convergence idea. I still though have few questions I didn't find an answer for on the site. 1. In a paperback you get usually around 35 lines of about 11 words each. from what I have seen of sony reader here is seems we will get around 22 lines of 7 words each. And it's not nitpicking, I don't want to have to flip the pages every few seconds. Is that the way it is or can you adjust the size? and if you can, how small is still readable? 2. Look at the Reader's image there. you will see that the end of the lines (in the text) doesn't end in the same place. Also, paragraph don't always start at the same distance from the margin. I don't know why, but that bothers me in a book. Is that just a badly formatted book? a problem with the reader? 3. Last, is there any known problem with the reader? Faults of the Librie that may or may not been fixed in the reader? Sorry for the rant .. Thanks for reading dave Last edited by Dave Berk; 05-05-2006 at 08:06 AM. Reason: spelling