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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Not for me; if I'd had the option for a PRS with a 5" screen, I'd've jumped at it. I've considered getting a Jetbook, despite the drawbacks (for my particular case), because of the smaller screen.
I *loved* my Cliés, and would've read books on them forever if they hadn't died. (Oh, and if they hadn't kept running out of battery mid-book.) I'd be beyond ecstatic to find e-Ink's battery life and a 4" screen.
I'm aware that I'm a fringe case; not many people will happily give up page size for portability (I really miss a reader that's safe to hold & operate with one hand). But some will, and the number of people willing to watch movies on iPods (!!) show that not everyone is concerned with screen size, and other feature might win out.
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First there was/is NOTHING better than that jogwheel on the side of our Clies...if Sony would take some of the design elements of the NX series and add them to their ereaders, they would have a very winning combo. I would also not need eink...MaryLou display's anyone? Even the newer better transrefelctive displays. ANd leave the cell phone crap out too...
I happen to STILL be reading on an nx73v. Of course I scored it for just $15.95 at a charity thrift shop in Goleta, CA....been reading on it ever since. I even bought a new battery and second cradle for a total of $20 more. BTW, the battery takes about 5-mins to replace. You need a set of tiny screwdrivers from the 99-cent store if you don't have them.) I use it daily for everything from shopping lists to ebook reading. And since it works just fine in direct sunlight I was very let down by my K1 since I only need to carry a single device not two.
PS: most of the issues you describe are not that hard to repair if you canibalize parts from one to the other. Or happen to find a real shop manual for your Clie models. The battery is completely trivial.
BTW, it might be blessing in disguise for the Bookeen-PocketBook debacle. We might get an even nicer designed device with what looks to be a very well done UI and system software. I have said it here before...Russia and Ukraine have some of the best programmers in the world. I trust their software to the degree I do not trust software written in India in software sweatshops, where there is a history of poorly written, designed and bug ridden code bases. BTW, it's not the coders who are bad in India, it's the companies they are working for...
I like the look of the Bookeen device as much as the PocketBook device, it will be nice to see some real competition for the two devices in the same class.