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Originally Posted by Shadowplay
Sorry if I'm derailing this thread a bit here.  Quick question that seems appropriate for the people following this thread:
Price aside, would you prefer reading on a 5", 6" or 9.7" screen? My totally unfounded suspicion is that a 6" screen is just about right for an ebook device *except* for those who need better PDF/textbook/etc. support. |
Care to move this to a separate thread?
Cause I'm interested in what folks might have to say about this.
My own take, fwiw, is that 6" feels a tad large for some stuff and is definitely too small for other uses.
Factoring in that the Hanlin and Cybook 5" are exactly the width of a paperback (a format optimized over 50 years) has me interested in holding one in my hands for an extended test.
Conversely, my experience with 10" Tablet PC tells me that 10" is great for PDFs and textbooks but less useful for fiction.
Hopefully as the business matures we'll see some experimental stuff at 7" and 8".
The odd thing about this Sony 300 is that it is physically the same size as the 600; which suggests Sony is going with the 5" screen as a cost-reduction move rather than on ergonomic grounds.