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I went to the Amazon book store near me and was really impressed with the screen of the new Oasis. So much brighter and sharper than my PW1. But I won't be buying it, and price is only one reason.
I need a bigger screen. And the best trick I know to get maximum screen size it to read in landscape mode. This just didn't feel very convenient on the Oasis with the tiny bezels (outside of the grip area to one side).
Sure, for pics or funnybooks, overall screen area might be the most important stat. But for me, I just don't want to read skinny little magazine column sized lines (especially since I cannot use the tiny fonts), so the most important dimension is width. And my current PW1 is wider in landscape than the Oasis is in portrait, and I think I'd be stuck with portrait on the Oasis because of the bezels.
I suspect I am not the usual case. But I sincerely don't understand why everyone clamors for bigger screens but then reads in portrait mode. If I had an ebook blog, my first post would be: "The Trick that expands any eink screen by 33%." Heck, I gather Kobo doesn't even have a setting to rotate to landscape.
So for now, I'll stick to my old PW1 and tablets. And if the PW1 dies, I'd probably upgrade to a new PW, or possibly roll the dice on a bigger 8 inch chinese eink tablet.
Hats off to Amazon anyhow. The Oasis is a good looking machine, and it seems like my insistence on maximizing width is likely a personal eccentricity.
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