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I got my Touch HD today and have already done a bit of reading. Recently I had wanted to switch from my Touch Lux 2 to a Touch Lux 3 Ruby Red due to the lower weight and Carta screen. Unfortunately, I got three devices with crooked screens so I gave up on that model. The HD finally has a straight screen with very even lighting. The lower half is a tiny bit darker, but it's hardly noticeable if you don't pay close attention. The Ruby Red had a slightly brighter screen with lights off, though, with colour being a bit yellowish, the HD is more greyish. Nevertheless, in bright daylight the screen really does look like the page of a book without the lighting being noticeable.
Responsiveness of the infrared screen is great. The device reacts really fast and I haven't had a single typo yet. It also opens large PDF files really quick and it's much faster to move around in the file. This is great for me as I have a lot of PDF books.
Unfortunately, there are still quite a lot of bugs in the Adobe reading software, one of them being a pop-up menu asking for syncing with the cloud, even if you're not connected to the cloud. The German reviews also reported user fonts not being applied, line height not changing, wrong reactions to tapping for page turn, as well as the device freezing when too many books are open.
Also, the menu item 'open with' is not available anymore. It might be implemented in the future, though, hopefully with the support of Coolreader.
That was one of the first things I did, installing Coolreader. It works fine, even though some parts of the user interface are very small because of the higher resolution. This also results in the dictionary having a very small font size. I still prefer it because I can adjust the lighting by swiping up and down.
One of the main reasons I wanted to buy a new device was that I was looking for something lighter and easier to hold. The HD only weighs 180 g and the rounded corners fit really well into my hands so I'm really happy with the ergonomics.
Some minor problems I have noticed so far: The SD card doesn't go all the way into the slot, it sticks out a tiny bit. Also, the device wasn't properly recognised on my PC without the original USB cable. In the end, I got it to work with the cable of my Touch Lux 1, so I have a backup cable, but other cables I tried caused an error.
On the whole, I think you get much more value for money with the HD compared to the Tolino Shine 3HD. The Pocketbook has the Send-to-Pocketbook email service, it connects to Dropbox, and you can use an SD card for extra storage. Then there are the buttons and customisable touch zones if you use Coolreader. Plus, it has the best library with the ability to browse folders, genres, tags, authors etc. And of course, the TTS and audio feature.
For now I'm just waiting for a lightweight sleepcover (works with a magnet right above the right menu button) and a software update which fixes the known bugs and doesn't bring new ones.
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