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Originally Posted by maeludir
The same cannot be said of the 600, where it is a clear superior to a physical book. Not only does it catch up on grounds of annotation, but it far surpasses with dictionary support. The PRS600 is the new benchmark for all eReaders because it's no longer competing with physical books. It will be the proving ground for every eReader to come, and it will be the forge in which even more innovative features are created.
To conclude: readability is a result of many virtues, and razor edge contrast is not the aim of the game. Further the 600 is beginning to exploit the advantages of eBooks over physical books, leading the way for a future where we actually feel handicapped when holding a physical novel.
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you make an excellent point and i completely agree with you ; i think many of the critics of ebooks get hung up comparing them to paper books (and seeing their shortcomings in light of that). i don't want to just have a dematerialised paper book ; i want much more than that ! like being able to annotate without degrading the book (since i can hide my notes), integrated dictionary lookup, and one day full colour, high definition screens with full multi-media support as well. and that's just to start with !
i'm getting a 600 as well and already have a 700 ; i love the touch screen and i take notes all the time on it, but i'm really looking forward to the better display and the dictionary of the 600 (that's the deciding factor for me), and the hand-written notes will be great as well.
i really couldn't go back now to using a device with no touchscreen ; it's such a huge gain in comfort, ergonomy and flexibility to me that i would feel really frustrated relying on mechanical buttons for everything (particularly turning pages, although i do sometimes use the buttons on the 700 depending on my position).
thanks for your post, and thanks for (finally) registering and jumping in ! i hope you'll participate more now.
