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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
My primary time to read is in bed, at night. And I'll always use a backlit LCD screen for that (so, the JE100). But I want something to replace my PDA (as the JE100 doesn't have a transflective screen, it can't be used outside and other well-lit areas and I still use my PDA there). So, I need to have it portable.
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But if you compare measurements, it's about 1/2 inch in height and another 1/2 inch in width. Does this really decide about portability or not? I actually was surprised, how small a difference there is between Sony 505 and Cybook Opus or Sony300.
When discussion about 5" started (eInk, not PDAs, SmartPhones or Jetbook), I've expected some change in UI, to further increase compactness.
Something like "Highest comfort = lots of buttons and space for holding the unit" for 6" vs. "mainly the the display itself and wasting as little of additional space as possible" on 5".
Looking at Sony 300, it's more or less identical to its "predecessor" Sony 505. It's really just 1" for the screen (=diagonal) = less than 1" in height and width.
In my opinion, there certainly would be options, to further increase compactness.
Just an example: For turning pages, Sony 300 has buttons on the bottom, Cybook Opus on the right of the display.
Theoretically, those could be on the back. When holding you unit in your palm, you easily could press buttons on the back. Might increase depth of the unit by some millimeters, but further decrease height and width. Of course, one would have to consider how to handle such an option when having the unit in its cover. I'm not going for a patent here ;-), just to briefly describe my thoughts...