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Originally Posted by Fledchen
If/when something close to my ideal ebook display device comes along, I'd probably buy it. Right now there's nothing on the market that would work better and have fewer drawbacks (from my perspective) than what I have now.
I have a severe visual impairment and have, for the most part, given up on reading standard print books, even with low vision aids. Ebooks are wonderful, but only if I can configure how they're displayed to match my needs. I've become adept at converting books to LRF using Book Designer. I guess most consumers don't care much about font options, justification and margins because I see very little mentioned about configurability in most product descriptions. My main problems with my Sony 505 are worries about durability (glass screen) and the ergonomics of page turn controls. I get cramps in my hands if I don't switch fingers every 20 pages or so.
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I have a visual impairment as well (though not severe) and gave up paper books years ago. The ability to choose font size alone drove me to using laptops, desktops, Pocket PC's, PDA's, and lately iPod/iPhone to read. Along the way I found the other benefits of ereading, and am a happy 10 year veteran.
I would not buy now simply because there is nothing out that suits my needs as well as what I have. I don't care about playing mp3's, viewing photo's, writing notes, wifi and/or 3g...etc on my reader. I just want it to allow me to read a book, and what I have does that just fine.
I will say that back lighting is something that I would be interested in when they are able to wed it with the eInk technology.