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drl · 02-02-2010, 10:17 AM

I received my 800S last week and so far am quite pleased. Very fast page turns, good contrast and readability, sturdy construction (my Cybook "spontaneously" broke its screen), and easy to navigate. On the negative side, PDF viewing is not great and I definately miss two features: dictionary support and a return feature. I like to view the footnotes within books and returning to the last page you were reading before jumping to the footnote is quite cumbersome (I bookmark before going to the footnote and then return using the bookmark).

I don't notice any significant glare from the screen under normal reading conditions--seems pretty similar to the Cybook.

All in all, however, I am very happy and think it is a much higher quality ebook than my previous Cybook. Fortunately, I have learned to convert my old .prc books to epub so my collection of previously purchased books is available.

02-02-2010, 10:17 AM	#532
drl Member Posts: 21 Karma: 12 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Device: Irex DR800	impressions of my new 800S I received my 800S last week and so far am quite pleased. Very fast page turns, good contrast and readability, sturdy construction (my Cybook "spontaneously" broke its screen), and easy to navigate. On the negative side, PDF viewing is not great and I definately miss two features: dictionary support and a return feature. I like to view the footnotes within books and returning to the last page you were reading before jumping to the footnote is quite cumbersome (I bookmark before going to the footnote and then return using the bookmark). I don't notice any significant glare from the screen under normal reading conditions--seems pretty similar to the Cybook. All in all, however, I am very happy and think it is a much higher quality ebook than my previous Cybook. Fortunately, I have learned to convert my old .prc books to epub so my collection of previously purchased books is available.