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pdurrant · 12-23-2009, 09:25 AM

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Thin glass is not a good material out of which to build ebook readers!

My CyBook's screen has cracked. I was carrying it my hand (in its case), when I slipped on some ice. No damage to me, but I can only think that my hand must have gripped too tightly when I hit the ground. There's now a nasty little crack to the substrate in the bottom left hand corner. (Which has now spread to the whole screen, not that that makes any difference.)

I shall move over to my Kindle for reading (I have one for testing purposes). I'm not sure that's it's worth getting this one fixed - it's expensive to do so, and this is the second cracked screen we've had. Not that I think there's any particular flaw in the CyBook. Only that glass screen are inherently fragile.

I think I'll wait until screens without a glass substrate become available before I get another ebook reader. Hopefully sometime next year.

12-23-2009, 09:25 AM	#7136
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,106 Karma: 315558332 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	$@!T**£!!%##&^!@&@&#^@&#*^@&%#@$&()&^%Ï@! Thin glass is not a good material out of which to build ebook readers! My CyBook's screen has cracked. I was carrying it my hand (in its case), when I slipped on some ice. No damage to me, but I can only think that my hand must have gripped too tightly when I hit the ground. There's now a nasty little crack to the substrate in the bottom left hand corner. (Which has now spread to the whole screen, not that that makes any difference.) I shall move over to my Kindle for reading (I have one for testing purposes). I'm not sure that's it's worth getting this one fixed - it's expensive to do so, and this is the second cracked screen we've had. Not that I think there's any particular flaw in the CyBook. Only that glass screen are inherently fragile. I think I'll wait until screens without a glass substrate become available before I get another ebook reader. Hopefully sometime next year. Last edited by pdurrant; 12-23-2009 at 09:55 AM.