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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
My Opus arrived yesterday, sooner than I had expected. Books On Board did a great job of getting it shipped quickly. My main impressions will be compared to the K2 as that's mostly what I've been using lately.
My initial impressions on opening the box were favorable. It's a neat little device and is truly what I'd call a 'pocket' device. It actually fits, with it's cover/pouch, in the front pocket of my jeans (barely).
The screen is everything we've come to expect from a Viziplex e-ink screen. Even thought it's an inch smaller than my K2 it displays almost as much text due to the large margins Amazon has put on the K2.
The housing is a bit plasticy feeling (more so than the K2), but not bad. I like how small & light weight it is (about half the K2's weight).
The buttons are a bit stiff, but not overly so. I don't care for the noise they make when depressed.
The accelerometer is cool. When I read I tend to switch hands and positions a fair amount and with the accelerometer I could do this and still easily and comfortably turn pages.
I absolutely love that it has folders. One thing I dislike about the K2 is it's lack of organization options. Are folders better than Sony's collections? I don't know. I think it'll depend on the user, they both have their good points and drawbacks.
Bookeen's implementation of ADE seems quite good to me. When Sony first put out ADE support on the 505 I wasn't crazy about it. I dislike the distraction of the side page numbers when reading an ePub. On the Opus these numbers are still there, but it's like bookeen made them a lighter shade of gray so they're barely noticeable and not distracting at all. Also Bookeen's ADE displays ePubs fully justified. Not as big a deal for me as for some.
I've just finished my first book on it so I'm going to give it a few more days, but my initial impression is that it's a nice device that I'm not sure I'm going to keep.
Why?
Well the button's clicking noise when depressed is pronounced and bothers me at this point (I'll give it a bit more time).
I don't really care for the way it goes back to the last folder I was in on boot up. I'd prefer it go right back to where I left off reading, although I can get used to it the way the Opus does it. It's not a deal breaker.
I don't care to the need to wait for it to boot up each time, although it's not a deal breaker either.
One of my big issues is that while reading my first book on it the device locked up four times and needed resetting. To do this you must remove the battery cover (the gray part of the back) to get at the reset button. I'm a bit worried that all that on and off of the cover might eventually break one of the tabs that hold it or wear them down enough to make the cover loose. I read 4-6 books a week and if that one book is indicative that will be an awful lot of resetting.
After having it a short time I really want a device this size for at work and being out and about. Carrying it around is much more comfortable than the K2 or even the 505.
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I've read a lot about Opus crashing quite frequently. No problem for me, though.
Did happen maybe 3 times in 5 weeks. Can you re-produce the crashes? Can it be your source material?