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Originally Posted by Jellby
Doesn't turning a paper page and changing the focus from right page to left page distract you even more? It does me.
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No, because I've been doing it for sixty years and I'm used to it.
Actually having to remember to push a button is more distracting than turning a page, then when I get this blank-all black-blank-letters fading in for a half a second or so; well, it's distracting!
I have both a Sony PRS-505 and a jetBook. The jetBook does none of that, and turns the page in one or two hundred milliseconds, the Sony does all of that and turns the page in five to seven hundred milliseconds. The jetBook's 5" screen is at least as easy for my ancient eyeballs to read in normal lighting as the Sony's 6" screen (I think a little easier, but that's a subjective call).
The only time I've even turned the Sony on since getting the jetBook has been to compare the screens.
If the truth be known, I read my Nokia N800 more than anything, but that's because it fits in my pocket better and I find it more convenient to carry around. When I'm at home I read the jetBook, and since the Nokia and the jetBook both have text search capability it's easy to keep them in sync. The Sony does not have text search, and the page numbering is not consistent so keeping them in sync is a hassle.
Oh yeah, the Nokia doesn't do the flashy thing either!