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Originally Posted by readdiction
I JUST ORDERED A CYBOOK GEN 3 OFF WHSMITH! (GBP 176)
*rapidly breathing in and out*
I was indecisive over buying either the Sony prs-505 or the Cybook, and finally jumped the fence. I'm still a bit unsure on whether or not I've made the right decision. I finally chose the Cybook over Sony because although its not as slick (you have got to admit that the Sony looks pretty damn cool), it supports Mobi which looks much better on an ereader than a pdf file. Plus, I didn't want to continuously have to do conversions ...
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Please please reassure me on my choice!!! (I saw another youtube video, and the person did NOT sound like he was happy with his purchase!)
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The Cybook is a great device and I love it (especially due to the fact it has native support for unicode fonts
). I have only one gripe with it (and not that a small one, sadly) - the bad position of the menu and directional buttons. Or rather, the lack of additional page turn buttons on more comfortable positions.
Even though I'm left handed, I can hold the reader just as comfortably with the right hand, but it still isn't that good - I have to bend my thumb quite a bit to reach the next page button. The thick cover, while otherwise great, makes it even harder to reach the buttons. Even worse is the fact that you can't at least swap the previous and next page buttons - as it is now, the next page buttons are the right/down ones, which are the least accessible of the four, when you hold the reader with the right hand. People who prefer holding it with the left hand are even worse off.
Maybe it will be different for you, but I'd suggest trying it for a bit longer the first few days, so you can see how it works for you and if necessary, make use of the 7-day return policy. Though to be honest I doubt you'll want to get rid of it once you get it.
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Originally Posted by drazzy
Suppose there's no way for people in non-UK addresses to get one at the price W.H. Smith's is selling it... pity, really.
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Not unless you have a friend in the UK who can forward it to you. That's how I got mine.
