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Originally Posted by lisreed
Well I am glad you like it but to say there is something wrong with other's eyesight if they had trouble reading on the 700??
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I am glad you like your purchase, but those of use who do not like it don't need to be all but told there is something wrong with our eyesight!
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I do apologize for my final remark -- I was really wondering, not trying to put anybody down. The strong negative reaction seems to me to be an over-reaction and not simply a "this isn't good for me" sort of reaction, and I guess I over-reacted to what I viewed as an over-reaction.
In any event, all this "it's fine / it's horrible" stuff regarding the readabilty of the 700 really comes down just to personal taste, and I think that many of the negative reactions may be doing a disservice to people who are just trying to form some sort of opinion about the device before making a purchase.
I know that all the negative messages about how horrible the screen is on the 700 really had me nervous about whether I had foolishly wasted my money and when I actually had the device in my hands I found that for my eyes, the negative messages didn't apply at all.
I wonder how many people new to e-readers who might have been very happy with the 700 have decided not to purchase it because of the research they did on forums like this one (I did that sort of research before buying my 500 back in March of 2007).
Remarks such as I've read here like (this is a paraphrase)"Sony's 700 is the best Christmas gift they could have given Amazon" simply do nothing to help anybody.
I've used the Kindle and I've used the 500 and I've seen the 505 in stores and I've used the 700 and the 700 is the best of them all, in my opinion.
Which is what makes me wonder "What are they seeing that I'm missing?" or actually wondering if their eyesight is making them find reading on the 700 impossible. Not a put-down, just a curiosity.
In any event, I do apologize.
