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Old 02-16-2015, 12:27 PM   #7
EldRick
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Device: Aura H2O (i86, M96C, Mini&Glo, PRS-950, STR, K-Touch, K-DX, K-3)
I've had the M96C for a couple of days, and while I like the touch feature, the M96C is not perfect.

If nothing else, touch makes selecting words for dictionary lookup usable.

As to screen brightness, it's tough to get a decent shot of the screens, as the position relative to lighting makes as much difference as anything else. Here's the best I could do.

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While the screen isn't much dimmer than the M96, it is a little more yellow, and the contrast is slightly less.

You can also see the cosmetic difference - no more reflective border. When I used it outside, I always managed to get a spear of sunlight reflected into my eyes, so that's a good thing, IMHO.

And the M96C on the left also illustrates an intensely annoying feature of the M96C - there is no way that I could find to get rid of 1/2" tall status bar that wastes screen space on every page with Cool Reader and the Onyx readers. Infuriating!

Also, some programs operate differently - with CoolReader, the Next Page and Previous Page buttons are reversed, and, of course, the Full Page option does not work to get rid of the Annoying Status Bar.

I realize that the Onyx guys are probably working hard on the Android Kit-Kat upgrade, but not being able to get rid of the Status bar is Really Annoying...

Last edited by Dr. Drib; 02-23-2015 at 07:54 PM.
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