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Old 11-09-2008, 12:37 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by johnnyr View Post
My problem is, how enjoyable it is to read, is my biggest concern
John
The screen is just one component of the reading experience. Speed and ergonomics are imho even more important, once you have a decent screen.

I started with Ebk1150 which had amazing speed and very good ergonomics - outside of weight/look - and then used the 770 for several years because of the better screen/software and pocketability, while in ergonomics it had some better qualities using the buttons customization, some slightly worse.

Then I tried the 500 and while the screen was excellent, it was so slow and had so poor ergonomics compared to what I was using that I just could not use it that much.

505 was pretty much the same as 500 in those 2 categories, maybe slightly faster and slightly better ergonomics but still far from what I wanted there - I tested it several times in the past year - but for me 700 was such a surprise in speed after hearing proclamations that eink *will always* be slow and the touch adds so much to ergonomics that until you use it you do not know what you miss.

So again it depends a lot on whatever is important for you.
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