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Roy White · 07-19-2009, 10:42 PM

Jon. None of those issues will be a problem for me. (At least a foreseeable problem) When i lay my Sony Down for ten minutes it does the same. Waking it up takes about 2 seconds not a problem. I assume the DX will wake up faster than that?

PDF's arent really on my list for reading. I get text from Gutenberg and load it on my Sony and the DX will whip that stuff out like Buddah! (Butter)

I love the Kindle Iphone App... I've been using it since I ordered my DX and so far I can see its something I will use while eating lunch or waiting for my wife to buy a Mothers day card at the store. To go home and have the kindle intelligently adjust to my place in the Iphone? Synching automatically... Ya gotta admit thats spine tinglingly geeky cool!

I dont have a problem with Amazons evil business practices, (in fact I'm not aware of how Nefarious they are but perhaps I'm not informed enough?) I like how accessible the Amazon store is and have already bought more books from it than I bought in 3 years trying to use the Sony Store which I hated BTW.

The bigger screen... I'm 48 and my close focus vision has gotten REALLY bad! It's actually quite unnerving... To not be able to focus on normal size text no matter how hard you concentrate or try. So I set my Sony on LARGE text and the average line only has 6 words in it so I have to bounce back and forth rapidly. I'm hoping the DX with its HUGE screen will be a little more linear with the font set on huge. Especially in landscape mode.

As for the weight? I laugh at 4 more ounces! HAHA! I mock 4 ounces! (Thats how much heavier a Nekkid DX will be than my Sony 500 dressed in its M edge case.)

So from my perspective the pool is awesomely full and the water refreshing in many ways. I cant see a downside. (Other than the 5 hundred dollar price tag which I gotta admit stung quite a bit)

07-19-2009, 10:42 PM	#129
Roy White Evangelist Posts: 482 Karma: 7696 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Turner, Oregon Device: Sony Reader	Jon. None of those issues will be a problem for me. (At least a foreseeable problem) When i lay my Sony Down for ten minutes it does the same. Waking it up takes about 2 seconds not a problem. I assume the DX will wake up faster than that? PDF's arent really on my list for reading. I get text from Gutenberg and load it on my Sony and the DX will whip that stuff out like Buddah! (Butter) I love the Kindle Iphone App... I've been using it since I ordered my DX and so far I can see its something I will use while eating lunch or waiting for my wife to buy a Mothers day card at the store. To go home and have the kindle intelligently adjust to my place in the Iphone? Synching automatically... Ya gotta admit thats spine tinglingly geeky cool! I dont have a problem with Amazons evil business practices, (in fact I'm not aware of how Nefarious they are but perhaps I'm not informed enough?) I like how accessible the Amazon store is and have already bought more books from it than I bought in 3 years trying to use the Sony Store which I hated BTW. The bigger screen... I'm 48 and my close focus vision has gotten REALLY bad! It's actually quite unnerving... To not be able to focus on normal size text no matter how hard you concentrate or try. So I set my Sony on LARGE text and the average line only has 6 words in it so I have to bounce back and forth rapidly. I'm hoping the DX with its HUGE screen will be a little more linear with the font set on huge. Especially in landscape mode. As for the weight? I laugh at 4 more ounces! HAHA! I mock 4 ounces! (Thats how much heavier a Nekkid DX will be than my Sony 500 dressed in its M edge case.) So from my perspective the pool is awesomely full and the water refreshing in many ways. I cant see a downside. (Other than the 5 hundred dollar price tag which I gotta admit stung quite a bit)