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Originally Posted by 6charlong
At this writing most of the 12 things making Pocket Pro owners the happiest are not available on any other 5-inch reader. In fact, the Sony PRS300 shares only 4 of our 12 favorites: secure ePub support, upgradable firmware, battery life and the eInk screen. I think it's odd that reviewers in the national press seem to always pass over those other 8. Some of them are important.
Too bad there wasn't enough space for more issues. The convenience of the 5-inch reader--its form factor--is a strong point for any reader being used to read literature and questions combining form factor with content and intended purpose might be worth asking: convenience, portability, readability, type of reading you want a reader for, that sort of thing.
This survey was a good idea AJ.  Very interesting. |
Dear 6charlong:
Exactly!! Well said. I beat on my reviewers now to remind them over and over not to bypass the form factor. They always talk up the speed and that it is not wireless! I TELL THEM: not being wireless is NOT a defect!! Talk about how light it is and how good it feels in your hand and how it has a user-replaceable battery and it has 20 formats and you can expand the memory to hold 8,000 eBooks. Reviewers are sometimes very odd as they get ingrained on a few things and do NOT want to write about form factors.
I tell them we have a new clear-as-crystal Touchscreen coming. They say Sony tried Touchscreen and it was not very successful. I remind them: "CLEAR"! They yawn. I tell them: "old Touchscreen cut the brightness by about 35%". I tell them: "this one does not". But, I mention Wi-Fi and they sit up and start taking notes.
By the way, many of you know I have been after Rob Pegoraro of the Washington Post for 14 months. Yesterday I get a nice note from him wanting to email. All things must pass!! Maybe we will see a review yet from Rob!