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cutterjohn42 · 02-03-2009, 02:49 PM

Thanks guys, but I really feel now that the integral lighting issue or lack thereof is truly my overriding concern given the variety of lighting situations that I tend to use whatever device I read on in. This has been made more apparent to me by speaking to an acquaintance on IRC who owns the Sony PRS-500, who pointed out that the integral lighting was probably the biggest factor, and that it was making him look into acquiring a PRS-700BC for that reason.

Also, as to the PDA aspect, I am quite aware of that as I own the REB-1100, and the EBM-911 may as well not have had any PDA application, well other than a mini-wiki app that I used alot, as they were barely functional afterthoughts seemingly. (Apparently Franklin was trying to hedge their bet a little and failed.)

Touchscreen: you're probably correct on that, but I wasn't thinking of it as a PDA(see above), but as utility for searching or dictionary lookups. The number punching for letters would likely be adequate.

So, I fear that I'm going to just decide between the PRS-700BC or the REB-1150 variant that fictionwise sells, dependent on how fun the tax season is... So before I run off for the final time, does anyone here use some sort of external lighting mechanism with their Hanlin v3 or Cybook? Is it useful and practical or strictly something to be avoided unless absolutely necessary? (I'll add that I also own an original Nintendo Gameboy Advance that had no integral lighting, and the external lighting options left a GREAT deal to be desired, if that means anything to any potential responders. Going to a DS Lite later was like night and day.)

02-03-2009, 02:49 PM	#8
cutterjohn42 Addict Posts: 274 Karma: 1029955 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Palm IIIx, EBM-911, REB-1100(dead), PRS-505	Thanks guys, but I really feel now that the integral lighting issue or lack thereof is truly my overriding concern given the variety of lighting situations that I tend to use whatever device I read on in. This has been made more apparent to me by speaking to an acquaintance on IRC who owns the Sony PRS-500, who pointed out that the integral lighting was probably the biggest factor, and that it was making him look into acquiring a PRS-700BC for that reason. Also, as to the PDA aspect, I am quite aware of that as I own the REB-1100, and the EBM-911 may as well not have had any PDA application, well other than a mini-wiki app that I used alot, as they were barely functional afterthoughts seemingly. (Apparently Franklin was trying to hedge their bet a little and failed.) Touchscreen: you're probably correct on that, but I wasn't thinking of it as a PDA(see above), but as utility for searching or dictionary lookups. The number punching for letters would likely be adequate. So, I fear that I'm going to just decide between the PRS-700BC or the REB-1150 variant that fictionwise sells, dependent on how fun the tax season is... So before I run off for the final time, does anyone here use some sort of external lighting mechanism with their Hanlin v3 or Cybook? Is it useful and practical or strictly something to be avoided unless absolutely necessary? (I'll add that I also own an original Nintendo Gameboy Advance that had no integral lighting, and the external lighting options left a GREAT deal to be desired, if that means anything to any potential responders. Going to a DS Lite later was like night and day.)