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Originally Posted by ElaHuguet
For me, the only real reason the iLiad wins is screen size, all the rest are just roadside perks, nice to have but not vital. I want a book reader, and I want it book size, no smaller or larger. I cut out a piece of paper in Reader screen size, and iLiad screen size... the Reader is too small! It means I would have to compromise on font size or text length every time, either straining my eyes or doing constant page flips (I read very fast). If both were 8 inchers, I might well have waited for the Sony.  |
Yeah, I actually had the opposite reaction at first -- I thought the iLiad would be too big. Then I did what you did (measured it out on paper), but for the overall unit, and decided that it wasn't.
I read fairly fast too, but I do fine on Palm's eReader software (yes,
very frequent flipping), and I figure anything bigger than that is going to be a win. Actually, reading fast is what pulls me to the e-reader concept -- carrying several pbooks on a trip is a pain, of course that applies equally to all three readers.
You've got me thinking, though, the frequency of page flips may have an effect I hadn't considered: smaller screen size means more flips in a time period, which means more battery consumption for the same amount of text ('cause it's on more pages). Probably not terribly significant given many thousand page flips per charge, but still something to think about.