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Sweetpea · 04-03-2009, 10:02 AM

Hmmm, the perfect reading device... I remember a thread like that before, but it was a bit snowed under there...

Anyway, 6" I think should be enough. I now read on a 3.4", so I can't even really imagine the screen real-esate I'd have with a 6" (yes, I did see a 6" screen, but not for a longer period of time).

The device itself should't be be larger than 7". Which means not a lot of bezel around it, not beside nor above or below. If the bezel has to be larger, I'd rather have it below. You wouldn't believe the troubles I went to to find my current monitor (which is 6 years old, more or less), because they all had this huge casing around the viewing area...

The device should have a SD or Mini SD slot. I want to be able to update my device without having to connect it to the PC.

The device should also have touch-screen. I like to annotate my books, or even mark certain areas. While this should be possible (and probably is possible) with some sort of cursor which you can guide by using some sort of joystick thingie, I just want the easy way, and that happens to be touch-screen. That touch-screen should be usable with my fingers if I wanted to. I shouldn't require a specific pen.

The reader software should be able to handle directories. Currently, Mobipocket can't. Yes, it will read any books in any directory, but it won't show it in directories and that can become rather annoying if you have a lot of books.

The reader software should be able to handle fonts. And multiple font-sizes.

There should be a possibility to add a dictionary. And any dictionary at that, not just the one that came with the device.

Nice to haves are colour screens, but only if it doesn't remove anything from the readability of the screen. WIFI would be nice to have, I sometimes am lazy and download books onto the device (using my own WIFI network) (like I was thinking about Heidi the other day, while in bed, so I browsed to this forum, downloaded the book and started reading...) Preferable an OS that people are able to create software for.

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Actually, what I want is a large PDA, with an e-ink screen, running a Windows Mobile or Windows CE OS, with a long battery life, touch-screen and WIFI... I have it all now, except the long battery life and the 6" e-ink screen...

04-03-2009, 10:02 AM	#10
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Hmmm, the perfect reading device... I remember a thread like that before, but it was a bit snowed under there... Anyway, 6" I think should be enough. I now read on a 3.4", so I can't even really imagine the screen real-esate I'd have with a 6" (yes, I did see a 6" screen, but not for a longer period of time). The device itself should't be be larger than 7". Which means not a lot of bezel around it, not beside nor above or below. If the bezel has to be larger, I'd rather have it below. You wouldn't believe the troubles I went to to find my current monitor (which is 6 years old, more or less), because they all had this huge casing around the viewing area... The device should have a SD or Mini SD slot. I want to be able to update my device without having to connect it to the PC. The device should also have touch-screen. I like to annotate my books, or even mark certain areas. While this should be possible (and probably is possible) with some sort of cursor which you can guide by using some sort of joystick thingie, I just want the easy way, and that happens to be touch-screen. That touch-screen should be usable with my fingers if I wanted to. I shouldn't require a specific pen. The reader software should be able to handle directories. Currently, Mobipocket can't. Yes, it will read any books in any directory, but it won't show it in directories and that can become rather annoying if you have a lot of books. The reader software should be able to handle fonts. And multiple font-sizes. There should be a possibility to add a dictionary. And any dictionary at that, not just the one that came with the device. Nice to haves are colour screens, but only if it doesn't remove anything from the readability of the screen. WIFI would be nice to have, I sometimes am lazy and download books onto the device (using my own WIFI network) (like I was thinking about Heidi the other day, while in bed, so I browsed to this forum, downloaded the book and started reading...) Preferable an OS that people are able to create software for. ----- Actually, what I want is a large PDA, with an e-ink screen, running a Windows Mobile or Windows CE OS, with a long battery life, touch-screen and WIFI... I have it all now, except the long battery life and the 6" e-ink screen...