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hansl · 03-09-2010, 06:26 AM

Agnostic of any ebook formats, I loved the device initially until I learned that PDF is not really supported as it is layout-centric. So I spent most of my time for it with format conversion tricks. This was an interesting and sometimes rewarding learning phase. But in the end the handling of the PRS-500 was too clumsy (no search, no commenting, no reasonable keyboard replacement, bad navigation, battery consuming stand-by mode, display too grey for my taste) and I didn't want to spend more money on such devices before they are mature i.e. art-book-capable, much more comfortably usable and cheaper. So in theory I was set for reading paperback-like ebooks but actually had lost the fun reading with it.

Then there was a phase with the Nintendo DS Lite (without camera) on which I could read non-DRMed epubs, but the display resolution was too bad for long reading.

Currently I'm reading copyright free Gutenberg etc. books on my cellphone with the Mobipocket reader and keep my hands off converting anything but epub to prc (and only if really necessary, but I don't know of an epub reader for Symbian S60 5th generation - touch screen edititon).

This is fun and most of the dead tree books I read are not available as ebooks. Also, I hardly buy new paperbacks. I'm also not buying DRMed ebooks because I'm not sure this is a good idea since Amazon rolled over Mobipocket and I don't have an iPhone.

My stock of unread paper books is large but going back to paper on the long run - NO, although the unlimited joy fo reading ebooks without any obstacles has not yet arrived.

Hansl

03-09-2010, 06:26 AM	#77
hansl Zealot Posts: 112 Karma: 113786 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Germany Device: Sony PRS-T3S, CoolReader on 4'' Android phone	Agnostic of any ebook formats, I loved the device initially until I learned that PDF is not really supported as it is layout-centric. So I spent most of my time for it with format conversion tricks. This was an interesting and sometimes rewarding learning phase. But in the end the handling of the PRS-500 was too clumsy (no search, no commenting, no reasonable keyboard replacement, bad navigation, battery consuming stand-by mode, display too grey for my taste) and I didn't want to spend more money on such devices before they are mature i.e. art-book-capable, much more comfortably usable and cheaper. So in theory I was set for reading paperback-like ebooks but actually had lost the fun reading with it. Then there was a phase with the Nintendo DS Lite (without camera) on which I could read non-DRMed epubs, but the display resolution was too bad for long reading. Currently I'm reading copyright free Gutenberg etc. books on my cellphone with the Mobipocket reader and keep my hands off converting anything but epub to prc (and only if really necessary, but I don't know of an epub reader for Symbian S60 5th generation - touch screen edititon). This is fun and most of the dead tree books I read are not available as ebooks. Also, I hardly buy new paperbacks. I'm also not buying DRMed ebooks because I'm not sure this is a good idea since Amazon rolled over Mobipocket and I don't have an iPhone. My stock of unread paper books is large but going back to paper on the long run - NO, although the unlimited joy fo reading ebooks without any obstacles has not yet arrived. Hansl Last edited by hansl; 03-09-2010 at 06:47 AM.