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Originally Posted by astra
5" is too small. I would not be able to enjoy reading on such small screen. I have seen it a few times in local Waterstones, no way.
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Well, as we used to say in my misbegotten youth, different strokes for different folks.
For me, it's more a matter of getting a good font size with enough words in the screen that I'm not reading faster than the speed at which the words appear. The five inch screen at medium font works just right for me. I get to read at a nice, casual pace, without feeling like I'm clicking the change screen button too frequently. And I can do it with one hand, comfortably. Important when the other hand is using a sandwich or a cup of coffee. At the same time, the stuff I read on the 300 tends to be my easy stuff - mainly casual fiction. Things where I don't need to stop & reread something. So reading on the 300 just sort of flows comfortably along.
On my 505, I use the same sized font - the medium - as on the 300. But since the screen is larger, I get more words per page, and I find that I tend to read things which require more rereading as I go along. 19th century literature, for instance, where the sentences are longer!
My 300 is what I take with me to commute, or to read at lunch, or if I know I'm going to have more than a few minutes of wait time somewhere. Casual reading, fits in my pocket. My 505 stays at home by my chair.
Hmm. Makes me wonder if I might need to get the 900 to handle Proust...