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PaulGuy · 08-28-2009, 04:09 PM

Thanks for the review of the 300 Doc. The wife and I ordered a pair of 300s and 600s. The idea being we'd each keep one and return the other. They arrived today and as much as we both wanted to like the slick interfaced and feature packed 600 we both decided to keep the 300s. The 300 display is just nice and crisp. The size, which I originally thought might be too small actually works pretty well. We both have Kindles so these will augment, not replace our current e-readers, giving us access to the DRM'd ePub format currently denied to us with our K2. The 600 is a nice device, real nice. The interface is really slick, the size to me perfect. From a build perspective it's nicer than my Kindle 2. But the display while better than the 700 is still soft compared to other readers. This would have been acceptable if it was my only objection, but the glare/reflectivity is still too high for me. There's no doubt in my mind that this is a big step in the the right direction, it's a fantastic design. For me it just doesn't hit the target just yet. But i must say I like where we're going.

08-28-2009, 04:09 PM	#52
PaulGuy Zealot Posts: 112 Karma: 520 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Connecticut Device: GDX, K2i, K3 3G, nook wi-fi	Thanks for the review of the 300 Doc. The wife and I ordered a pair of 300s and 600s. The idea being we'd each keep one and return the other. They arrived today and as much as we both wanted to like the slick interfaced and feature packed 600 we both decided to keep the 300s. The 300 display is just nice and crisp. The size, which I originally thought might be too small actually works pretty well. We both have Kindles so these will augment, not replace our current e-readers, giving us access to the DRM'd ePub format currently denied to us with our K2. The 600 is a nice device, real nice. The interface is really slick, the size to me perfect. From a build perspective it's nicer than my Kindle 2. But the display while better than the 700 is still soft compared to other readers. This would have been acceptable if it was my only objection, but the glare/reflectivity is still too high for me. There's no doubt in my mind that this is a big step in the the right direction, it's a fantastic design. For me it just doesn't hit the target just yet. But i must say I like where we're going.