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Originally Posted by mgmueller
Having it almost 4 weeks now: What's your overall rating?
Which applications/viewers do you use?
What's the reading experience compared to eInk?
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So far, I'm loving it. Good for you to dig this one up, I need to add something!
Last week, I got a new firmware. Both the WinCE and the propriety OS were updated. Now, if I restart my WinCE, it won't delete everything again! I can now install everything on the device instead on my SD card
There are several small changes as well (like the ability to return to the propriety OS).
I also got a converter for the charger (as that is a 110-230V adapter, I only needed a simple adapter, to convert those square pins to round ones), and if I use that as charger (instead of my USB port), it's full before I know it.
The batterylife is good (considering it's a LCD device and not an e-ink). I can read several evenings with it without charging.
The cover makes it look really neat. It feels sturdy now and it nicely protects the device. Only the stylus is a bit harder to get, but that's not too much of a problem, as I generally use my finger anyway.
I put an anti-glare screenprotector on it, as I find it improves stylus control and contrast (also use it on my PDA), beside protecting the screen. And now I don't have to be afraid anymore I'll be scratching the screen...
99.9% of my books are in Mobipocket (the last 0.1% LIT and I have one book in ereader format), so I only use Mobipocket 5.3. Works like a charm. And because I had a larger screen, and Coldsun mentioned comic books in his review somewhere, I decided to see if I could install
Comic Reader as well. And I'm again crazy about comics
(I think I read every single comic our library had when I was a kid...)
I can't compare it to an e-ink device (yet) as I don't own one (yet). But I know I'm using it primary over my PDA, except when I'm reading outside (as I already mentioned in the original review).
Overal, I really like it. It's easily readable in the dark, and it's easily readable during the day, as long as I'm not outside. Though the anti-glare did help a bit there, as soon as the sun is out, it becomes much harder to read on it. As I mostly read at night and during the day in the livingroom, that's not too much of a problem. For those times I'm reading outside (that hammock gets good use when the sun is out!), I'll keep on using my PDA, until I get that e-ink device. I don't use any other program (so far) so, I won't be commenting on that.