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amc · 04-13-2009, 04:20 PM

@jbruce: I agree with you on all the features you liked about the 700.

For me, the best feature is the annotations and highlights. I can view the annotated files on the Sony software and the Adobe DE software on my laptop (the day Calibre supports annotations, I'll probably faint from joy). My old method for marking quotes and points in books for school papers involved a byzantine system of colored flags and notecards--such a time-suck! I'd sit at my desk with a messy pile of print-outs, photocopies and library books and leaf through them all to find what I needed. Between the 700 and Zotero, finding quotes and citing sources is so fast and easy.

re: touchscreen page turn function
When I'm holding the reader in my left hand, I hardly ever use it, but when I hold it in my right hand, it's very useful. It also works great when you're holding the reader at the bottom in the horizontal orientation, left and right handed.

@505 folks: "Better" is subjective. No argument that the 505 text is crisper, but I think liking the 700 depends on how and what you read, and probably on your eyesight. For me, the ability to highlight, annotate, and then search my annotations is worth the reduction in contrast. If I wanted to purchase an eReader solely for recreational reading, I might go with the 505 (though I do really, really love the simplified controls and built-in light on the 700).

I have pretty decent vision (no need for glasses or contacts) so the lessened contrast doesn't really bother me. Even though I like to read for 5 or 6 hours in a sitting, I haven't experienced eyestrain at all thanks to the ability to increase font size if my eyes get tired (really, that is the feature that makes eReaders way better than books, no matter what make or model you have). So, for me, the 700 is "better" because it meets both my recreational and academic reading needs, and improves the experience for both.

04-13-2009, 04:20 PM	#9
amc Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: Sony PRS-700	@jbruce: I agree with you on all the features you liked about the 700. For me, the best feature is the annotations and highlights. I can view the annotated files on the Sony software and the Adobe DE software on my laptop (the day Calibre supports annotations, I'll probably faint from joy). My old method for marking quotes and points in books for school papers involved a byzantine system of colored flags and notecards--such a time-suck! I'd sit at my desk with a messy pile of print-outs, photocopies and library books and leaf through them all to find what I needed. Between the 700 and Zotero, finding quotes and citing sources is so fast and easy. re: touchscreen page turn function When I'm holding the reader in my left hand, I hardly ever use it, but when I hold it in my right hand, it's very useful. It also works great when you're holding the reader at the bottom in the horizontal orientation, left and right handed. @505 folks: "Better" is subjective. No argument that the 505 text is crisper, but I think liking the 700 depends on how and what you read, and probably on your eyesight. For me, the ability to highlight, annotate, and then search my annotations is worth the reduction in contrast. If I wanted to purchase an eReader solely for recreational reading, I might go with the 505 (though I do really, really love the simplified controls and built-in light on the 700). I have pretty decent vision (no need for glasses or contacts) so the lessened contrast doesn't really bother me. Even though I like to read for 5 or 6 hours in a sitting, I haven't experienced eyestrain at all thanks to the ability to increase font size if my eyes get tired (really, that is the feature that makes eReaders way better than books, no matter what make or model you have). So, for me, the 700 is "better" because it meets both my recreational and academic reading needs, and improves the experience for both.