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Originally Posted by narbeauchamp
I finally just bought a touch (Monday) and read a full book on it already-I can see its definitely going to be a favorite way to read on the go !
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I concur with you. I've been reading ebooks for several years since Palm III. In my opinion:
Stanza:
+very good features, like swipe up/down for backlight adjustment.
+can read rss feed offline (retrieved by desktop Calibre)
+ use up all screen with very minimal margin
= can move your own ebooks via home wifi, moderately convenient.
- no offline dictionary lookup; but have online dictionary lookup; but cumbersome
Kindle App:
+ for jailbroken iphone/itouch, we can copy ebooks/enews from/to PC easily via usb cable
+ very good for offline full-content enews feeds created by Mobipocket desktop on PC
- defult margin is too wide for the precious small screen and cannot adjust
- no dictionary lookup features
eReader/B&N:
+ support offline dictionary, very great feature
+ small filesize
+ use up all screen with very minimal margin
- transfer your own ebooks to it is very cumbersome, need internet connection
For me, I use eReader for reading novels; use Kindle app for reading enews feeds. I'll go back to Stanza if it has offline dictionary look up in the future; or if Kindle also have offline dictionary lookup, it will be a tough choice for me as well.
Regarding backlight goes dim, if I read on bed, I'll set the Autolock to "never", and set the backlight to its minimum.
I read all Dan Brown novels on my iPhone, everywhere I go!