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Originally Posted by skoobwoman
I sold my Sony 700 and bought one of the new 5" Pocket Pro readers. It just arrived today. Some thoughts:
Positive:
1. I was impressed that for $199 it came with both a decent case and a 2 gb memory card and even earbuds.
2. It's so very tiny and light!
3. FOLDERS!!!
4. It does PDF reflow very well--much better than the Sony Reader did
5. It seems to read HTML files well also
Negative:
1. Nothing is intuitive--you have to read the manual and try to remember which button to press when. The buttons are numbered and you have to know to press #8 to increase font, for instance.
2. It doesn't do very well with word files surprisingly. When I tried to increase the font size enough to read the file, it automatically flipped to landscape view which I found uncomfortable. It didn't just reflow like it does with the other files I tried. I figure since I can easily reformat Word files myself, this isn't a big deal just annoying.
Overall, I'm pleased with it. PDF, Word and HTML files are the only formats I've tested out. I'll post when I've had a chance to try out other formats--particularly PRC/Mobi
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In regard to Word documents. Using OpenOffice.org you can open and save them as ODT (Write) then use Calibre to export to any format of your choice.
Epub could be a nice one. That would be a lot much better than reading the Word files directly.