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Old 10-19-2016, 10:32 AM   #79
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Originally Posted by NullNix View Post
See, that's just your belief -- you apparently consider it essential that an e-reader contain enough battery for a 12-hour marathon reading session unpunctuated by the demands of biology, and that things like being able to hold the thing and turn pages with one hand are unimportant. Myself, I consider the latter more important than the former: my hands won't hurt while I'm reading, I can drink a coffee without even putting the book down, and who cares if the battery is half-drained in six hours or so? I'm going to eat something at some point in that timespan, and when I'm doing that I'm using both hands and the e-reader is flat on the table, in its cover, recharging...
I can easily hold my H2O one handed. It's got enough heft to it to be easy to hold. It's in a book style case and that helps make it easier to hold. As for turning the page, again, not a problem holding one handed.

One thing is that most users didn't complain the the H2O or Voyage are too big and/or too heavy. Since they didn't complain, then there was no need for the Oasis. (IMHO), the Oasis is an awful design with with a rather pathetic battery. The battery will only last 1/2 as long as the Voyage because it has to be charged twice as much.
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