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Originally Posted by Faenad
Also bear in mind that the DX is not ideal for novels.
So far I didn't saw on any videos the ability to display novels on two column [...] Double column display would be much more confortable.
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Interesting idea -- two columns in portrait or perhaps even landscape mode -- landscape giving a "two page view" as you can get from Acrobat Reader on a PC perhaps!
I just placed a pre-order for the DX. It's been a wild ride for me over the last few years. I started with a PRS-500, which got left behind on an airplane (WHOOPS). Got a PRS-505 but then got seduced by the PRS-700, and sold the 505. Got the 700 and was disappointed with the display quality compared to the 505. And I just didn't need the touchscreen capabilities.
I went to buy another book in a series, and got sticker shock by Sony's eBook prices, which were higher than paperback hardcopy; checked Amazon's and their eBook prices were much better, so this was the last straw and I bought a K2. (My 700 is about to go on sale.)
I have to say this: the PRS-700 reflowed most of my technical PDF study guides reasonably well, but on the K2 it is terrible. Also, the 700's display was brighter (higher contrast / brighter white pixels) than the K2 , which surprised me.
The DX will be my PDF library device, for certain; I am debating keeping my K2 for the smaller, more comfortable leisure reading form factor -- particularly important when I'm on public transit during rush hour. The downside of keeping my K2 is that I'll have no "cash back" from the sale to help pay off the DX
This stuff ain't cheap.
I don't feel screwed by Amazon at all. As several posters have pointed out, the DX and K2 really are different devices, suitable for different tasks based on each person's preferences.
Even if Sony had a large format device right now, I'd personally still wait for the "K-DX" (to coin a term). Newspaper, blog, and magazine support is much, much better, and having onboard wireless is a big plus in my book.
Good luck!