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arspr · 01-17-2015, 07:13 AM

I came from PRS-650 but I can say:

H2O pros:

The screen, the screen, the screen AND the screen. Carta e-ink (deeper blacks), bigger size, much more resolution and front light. It's just AGES better.
It has some more dictionaries.
PDF reader. It's not without faults, but at least it's usable.
It supports CBZ/CBR comics.
A stupid thing like sleepcover which is really useful.

Sony pros:

IR Touchscreen sensitiveness and precision. As I've said in other threads, the PRS-650 stylus is just not seen by H2O (as example).
Software, interface in general. I really think Sony got it quite right. The best example is ToC handling which is a full nightmare in Kobo (all the nested levels are flattened).
Oxford dictionary quality is much better than Kobo whichever brand ones.
No landscape mode in Kobos but in pdf reading.
The stupid big header (only kepubs) and footer you get in Kobos which waste a lot of gorgeous screen space. Although this is becoming a non-issue with the FullScreenReading=true hidden setting.

(OTOH I don't care about internal/external memory. Any eReader with its basic memory size is capable of holding more epub books than you are probably going to read in your whole life. What's the point of saying "I've got 1.000.000 books in my device"?).

As a summary, GET the H2O without any kind of doubt. I mean, the more important think in an eReader is just how the book is rendered. And you are not going to be disappointed. The rest is just a matter of "yes, it could have been better handled but it's not so critical at the end".

01-17-2015, 07:13 AM	#11
arspr Dead account. Bye Posts: 587 Karma: 668244 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: none	I came from PRS-650 but I can say: H2O pros: The screen, the screen, the screen AND the screen. Carta e-ink (deeper blacks), bigger size, much more resolution and front light. It's just AGES better. It has some more dictionaries. PDF reader. It's not without faults, but at least it's usable. It supports CBZ/CBR comics. A stupid thing like sleepcover which is really useful. Sony pros: IR Touchscreen sensitiveness and precision. As I've said in other threads, the PRS-650 stylus is just not seen by H2O (as example). Software, interface in general. I really think Sony got it quite right. The best example is ToC handling which is a full nightmare in Kobo (all the nested levels are flattened). Oxford dictionary quality is much better than Kobo whichever brand ones. No landscape mode in Kobos but in pdf reading. The stupid big header (only kepubs) and footer you get in Kobos which waste a lot of gorgeous screen space. Although this is becoming a non-issue with the FullScreenReading=true hidden setting. (OTOH I don't care about internal/external memory. Any eReader with its basic memory size is capable of holding more epub books than you are probably going to read in your whole life. What's the point of saying "I've got 1.000.000 books in my device"?). As a summary, GET the H2O without any kind of doubt. I mean, the more important think in an eReader is just how the book is rendered. And you are not going to be disappointed. The rest is just a matter of "yes, it could have been better handled but it's not so critical at the end".