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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
I have to wonder how much real experience you have with a 5" screen?
Lets start with the fact that ebooks got started on PDAs and cell phones, often with 2.4-3.0" screens. I will grant that such small screens are not conducive to long stretches of reading.. but many people have and continue to read on them. Certainly the iPhone and iPod Touch with their 3.5" screens have become a major factor in the ebook world.
Now, having started with an iPod Touch and then migrated to the 5" Jetbook, I can say quite confidently, that it is perfectly possible to enjoy reading on a 5" screen. I have read a number of novels on the device in the past several months and have never found the 5" screen to be in any way a distraction. While a slightly larger screen might be nice, I would not move to a 6" screen unless said device retained the overall pocket friendly size of the Jetbook (Which might be possible if all controls were moved to a touchscreen interface).
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I think he meant (I know I did) dedicated devices (which is the case).
Off course you can read in a 5" device. Even in a 4" or 3" one! And off course you can enjoy it (millions do everyday)! But that does not change the fact that for a dedicated reading device 6" is, as far as I am concerned, the minimum for reading with real confort. Why do you think paper books have the size thay have? How many paper books smaller than 6" are out there?
