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Old 03-16-2009, 06:25 AM   #5
Kleki
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Location: Cologne area, Germany
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Hi,
thanks for those answers.

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Originally Posted by sigma8 View Post
I'd try to get my hands on them, and let all your senses participate in the decision. The devices each have some unique pros and cons, but in terms of big-picture items they're very similar.
I'd love to but the only one I could get a hold on at the moment is the Sony. So I have to try to make up my mind here.

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I will say that I really do like the solid, metal "feel" and the many buttons on the 505. I use those buttons whenever I can to select something directly, since the speed of navigating through items in a list is limited by the slow refresh rate of the e-Ink display.
Are the buttons of the BeBook as handy?

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Originally Posted by gwynevans View Post
Don't know about searching but not on the Sony 505, anyway.
Strange. I had alway thought that full text search would be one of those main advantages of the digital copy over the printed book. Does any device have that?
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