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Originally Posted by Polyglot27
On the second page of the Chinese site I found this picture of the Hanlin V5 with a scroll wheel on the right edge. The Chinese text says that this "scroll wheel" is in addition to the original 2 sets of buttons for page turning, making a total of 3 ways to turn pages. See the bottom picture on this link.
http://www.mobread.com/news/exclusive/2009363.html |
That scroll wheel would be a BOON to ease of use for a reader. If that is one of the devices Astak is working to sell, I bet this is some thing RobertB had some input about as it was mentioned early on in the Astak thread.
Only one teeny issue on that reader...I am not sure about people in Asia, where they do not read left to right, but for reading right to left the wheel works better in on the left side. Or maybe I am just used to it being there on my Clie nx73v. I have to say that is the single best device controller I have found on any hand held device. Seriously on the Clie it allows complete one handed operation not only for reading.
Nice find...and here is hoping they put it on a 5" device but for us in the western world it migrates over to the left side of the device.
BTW, I think the left side is better since more folks are right handed and seem to prefer using our left hand to hold books as we read. For a PDA it made sense as it freed up the right hand for things like text input or the spots where the wheel was not really the best option.
I love seeing it though!! Hope it pans out in the long term!