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allochi · 12-08-2015, 07:39 AM

@ensta, I just go mine almost 2 weeks ago, I got the M96+ from ereader-store, I was not sure at the beginning, it took me some time to decide.

Simply said, I can't imagine my life now without the M96+, it's an amazingly device.

1 - Writing
I don't use a keyboard, the touch keyboard works fine for simple things, like search, but I replaced it with Google Handwriting, the speed and quality of the handwriting is good, the only annoying thing, is the animation, which I can't disable. It's fast, but if I write something 10 words or more, the recognition start to lag.

2 - PDF reading
Onyx Neo Reader is great, it allows you to crop and divide the pdf in too many ways, this way you can have the text zoomed and easy to read, I always increase the contrast to about 160, and the text becomes dark and better to read. Flipping pages is fast! even with scanned pdfs.

3- Browsing
The funny thing is that I started to use it for browsing more and more, I installed also Pocket, and now I forward my readings to the M96+ and read them from there. There are setting to control the text size, it always turn it into bold and dark text, for me it's great as most of the websites I forward to the Onyx are text heavy. I actually prefer reading documentation on it. actually, now, I prefer doing all the readying on the Onyx.

I love the device, I have a kindle Voyage that is feeling lonely on the table, because M96+ became my main reading device. I'm not missing the 300ppi of Voyage.

I only charged it like 2-3 time in these 2 weeks, mostly because of the WIFI, if I don't use the wifi, the battery is great. it's not as heavy as someone would image 507g is, actually the weight is nicely balanced. Oh, and get the large pen, the small pen that comes with it is fine, but nothing like a big pen.

Hope this answer some of you questions.

12-08-2015, 07:39 AM	#4
allochi Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 6770 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Kobo Aura	@ensta, I just go mine almost 2 weeks ago, I got the M96+ from ereader-store, I was not sure at the beginning, it took me some time to decide. Simply said, I can't imagine my life now without the M96+, it's an amazingly device. 1 - Writing I don't use a keyboard, the touch keyboard works fine for simple things, like search, but I replaced it with Google Handwriting, the speed and quality of the handwriting is good, the only annoying thing, is the animation, which I can't disable. It's fast, but if I write something 10 words or more, the recognition start to lag. 2 - PDF reading Onyx Neo Reader is great, it allows you to crop and divide the pdf in too many ways, this way you can have the text zoomed and easy to read, I always increase the contrast to about 160, and the text becomes dark and better to read. Flipping pages is fast! even with scanned pdfs. 3- Browsing The funny thing is that I started to use it for browsing more and more, I installed also Pocket, and now I forward my readings to the M96+ and read them from there. There are setting to control the text size, it always turn it into bold and dark text, for me it's great as most of the websites I forward to the Onyx are text heavy. I actually prefer reading documentation on it. actually, now, I prefer doing all the readying on the Onyx. I love the device, I have a kindle Voyage that is feeling lonely on the table, because M96+ became my main reading device. I'm not missing the 300ppi of Voyage. I only charged it like 2-3 time in these 2 weeks, mostly because of the WIFI, if I don't use the wifi, the battery is great. it's not as heavy as someone would image 507g is, actually the weight is nicely balanced. Oh, and get the large pen, the small pen that comes with it is fine, but nothing like a big pen. Hope this answer some of you questions.