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Originally Posted by poshm
Have to agree with Harry that use-ability is far more important than the design of the device. I read a lot (as in several hours a day) so I'm more interested in how well devices work - good button placement, readability/clarity of screen, battery cycle, how well the on-board software works etc.
OP - I'd be very interested to see your rankings if you completely disregard the design of the device and focus purely on how it works - rather than how it looks.
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That's a tough one. Because when I don't like the looks (as BeBook One for example), I hardly ever use it.
I'll do the ranking in a few hours. But one thing already is for sure: nook wouldn't rank #2 (around #6 then). And iRex 800 wouldn't rank #4 (around #6 then as well).
Are looks really not important to you? To me, any reader is just a gadget. More of a "toy" than actually being an instrument or tool. And to me, it has to be fun, to use that "toy". If my very first thought, when taking it from the shelf, would be "boy, that thing is ugly", I wouldn't care too much about functionality.
I'd be very interested about the ranking of Apple products, if it wasn't about the design.
BTW: I think it's very hard to differentiate between "looks" and some "functionality". For example: Is the ratio between screen and bezel just looks?