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Mrgauth · 03-22-2009, 12:40 PM

I am considering one of these but it only has three font sizes from what I have seen in store with the smallest being absolutely worthless essentially leaving only two to consider. I am wondering if there is some kind of firmware upgrade that has come out that has added another font size or made them bigger. All the ones in the stores only show three, but I was hoping they just hadn't been upgraded.

I desperately want to order one, but the largest font size is my sweet spot but being the largest leaves me nowhere to go from there.

Some of the other players, SRS700 and Kindle, have larger fonts but aren't worth reading on in my opinion because of the screen darkness.

So, for me it is either 505 or stick with paper until another generation of readers hit.

03-22-2009, 12:40 PM	#63
Mrgauth Addict Posts: 206 Karma: 310 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tulsa OK Device: K3	I am considering one of these but it only has three font sizes from what I have seen in store with the smallest being absolutely worthless essentially leaving only two to consider. I am wondering if there is some kind of firmware upgrade that has come out that has added another font size or made them bigger. All the ones in the stores only show three, but I was hoping they just hadn't been upgraded. I desperately want to order one, but the largest font size is my sweet spot but being the largest leaves me nowhere to go from there. Some of the other players, SRS700 and Kindle, have larger fonts but aren't worth reading on in my opinion because of the screen darkness. So, for me it is either 505 or stick with paper until another generation of readers hit.