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Katelyn · 12-22-2006, 10:53 PM

Well, I bought one 2 days ago and I'm selling it or returning it. Hate it!

I guess I'm spoiled by my plain old Bookwise 1150. Yes, spoiled!

My Sony screen seems very dull and I guess I am an idiot but I thought it had back lighting. Nope and it is hard to read without decent lighting. Sure, they hype how easy it is to read in sunlight but try it in gentle lighting. I read in the dark all the time with my 1150 and LOVE IT.

I hate the graphical interface. Once again, I'm spoiled by the touch screen of my 1150 and the little teeny joystick and even teenier paging button are plain obnoxious.

When using the USB connection, you can't see what's on your reader. The 1150 allows you to see what's in your PC library and toggle back and forth between reader and PC library. I found that I had to unplug the USB from the PRS 500 to see how the font looked and had to open several books in Word to up the font size and then copy it back to the reader. Bleh what a pain.

I could go on but I'll spare you. Suffice it to say I have found the idea of the cool Sony and e-ink just that - a cool idea but all hype and no practicality for my purposes.

You may just end up buying one from me on Ebay!

12-22-2006, 10:53 PM	#5
Katelyn Addict Posts: 225 Karma: 342 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indiana Device: Pocketbook 360, Iphone 3g, Sony 505, REB1200, GEB1150	Well, I bought one 2 days ago and I'm selling it or returning it. Hate it! I guess I'm spoiled by my plain old Bookwise 1150. Yes, spoiled! My Sony screen seems very dull and I guess I am an idiot but I thought it had back lighting. Nope and it is hard to read without decent lighting. Sure, they hype how easy it is to read in sunlight but try it in gentle lighting. I read in the dark all the time with my 1150 and LOVE IT. I hate the graphical interface. Once again, I'm spoiled by the touch screen of my 1150 and the little teeny joystick and even teenier paging button are plain obnoxious. When using the USB connection, you can't see what's on your reader. The 1150 allows you to see what's in your PC library and toggle back and forth between reader and PC library. I found that I had to unplug the USB from the PRS 500 to see how the font looked and had to open several books in Word to up the font size and then copy it back to the reader. Bleh what a pain. I could go on but I'll spare you. Suffice it to say I have found the idea of the cool Sony and e-ink just that - a cool idea but all hype and no practicality for my purposes. You may just end up buying one from me on Ebay!