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Originally Posted by silverraven
I'm in the market for an ebook reader. I'm thinking of getting one for my 83 year old mother.
5. User replaceable battery is *very* important!
7. Simple simple simple simple to use. Did I mention simple?
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User replaceable battery is a Long Term (3 to 5 years) Usage feature. It means you don't have to send it to the factory, not that anyone of any age can do it.
Tiny screw and small connector in a dark hole are more than many
Seniors can deal with.
Nothing could be more simple than Clicking in a SD card.
Go for something with a BIG screen.
Changing fonts different ways (PEz) or rotation to read magnified is NOT simple.
A new
book needs to come up in the correct size by
default (unless you have one geeky minded mother
that deals with tech).
I read with a font set so that is the same size as moden paperbacks. This results in a very annoying 2 or 3 pages after
reflow.
My next reader will have a 9:16,
tallscreen display wit a screen area the same as the printed area on a dead tree page.
The 8 level grey scale E-ink provides a crisp, easy on the eye and easy to read image.