[mgmueller]

Originally Posted by droople

Just curious, why BeBook Neo is the No1 in features?

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BeBook Neo:
- Zoom with the very best features we know from other units: Marking any area with stylus and exploding to full screen, fit to width, fit to height, fit to page, ...
The Sony readers with touchscreen are slightly behind that. They've got zoom and reflow, not the other features. Cybook Opus has got similar zoom functions, but not the zoom/stylus capability.
- Full blown (though very slow) web browser via WiFi. WiFi still is very rare, for whatever mysterious reason (why integrate 3G but no WiFi? Would allow the very same functionality globally. For example, 3G in the US, but still accessing bookstore via WiFi outside US). I only can do the same on nook, but it has to be softrooted for that. To some extent I can do the same on iRex iLiad.
- Nice set of file formats. ePUB, PDF, Mobipocket, PDB. Most readers support less.
- Dictionary. Not the best solution, no dictionary pre-installed. But at least there's an already available solution.
- Advanced WACOM tablet, but in addition fully functional "jog-dial" solution. For example, I don't like, having to use the stylus for changing font size. On BeBook Neo I simply use the inner of the 2 "rings". Pressing up increases and pressing down decreases font size by one. Without using the stylus, I've got the same functionality as Sony 300 for example.

I guess that's pretty much it. But more than the others can do.

Don't get me wrong: Most/best features doesn't necessarily mean best reader.
I wouldn't rank it my top-favorite. I'm too much into "touch and feel" and to me it simply is less appealing than nook or Sony 900.
That's the reason, why I've decided for more than a single reader.

nook, I'd use as my casual reader. It's very ergonomic and efficient.
But I wouldn't surf the web on it or use it for "professional documents".

Sony 900 I absolutely love. I haven't got any problems with the display quality. But of course I openly have to admit, that the WACOM tablets have more contrast and less glare. And the zoom only applies for a single page and then resets, which more or less cripples it useless (the zoom, not the entire reader).

iRex 800 is a mixed package for me. The flipbar for turning pages is great (probably best solution out there). But I don't like using the menus via flipbar, without stylus. But I don't like either, permanently taking the stylus for minor adjustments like changing fontsize. Having no zoom at all for PDF is weak, especially for a unit with touchscreen. I love the B&N PDB support though (DRM, even allows multiple accounts). Having no dictionary is a bit outdated, (again) especially for a unit with touchscreen.