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SomeThingWickd · 04-04-2010, 02:06 PM

I read for 4+ hours on it last night...

And probably 2+ hours this morning....

LOVE IT!

Glare is nonexistent...(I have a screen protector, in matte finish...)

And the back light turned down, font and size adjusted....

It BLOWS away my wife's Kindle 2, and my PRS-505 in terms of bells and whistles...coupled with the fact it is high contrast, COLOR, and I can read my comics, magazines, news readers (RSS) plus make calls on it, watch my films, listen to music, play games, etc.....

It takes some getting used to...(Took me a year, more or less to fore go my dead tree books, and migrate over to my Sony, but....) This thing is head and shoulders above ANYTHING that tries to compete with it... I can see me giving up the PRS-505 soon...and I LOVE that beast....

Given time, more apps, a bit of jail-breaking....I can see this thing displacing the Kindle, Nook, ANYTHING Sony has and the rest completely across the board....

(I am not a huge Apple Fan Boy, but I have used every reader on the market, and a few that are still in the developmental stage....and I am IMPRESSED! Highly recommend it....)

In terms of the weight issue...(The difference is that between a Hardcover and a paperback, when comparing the iPad to the Sony 505....take some getting used to, but once you get accustomed to it, I don' t see it as a negative, as the screen real estate, COLOR, contrast, back-lighting et al make up for the weight in SPADES!)

04-04-2010, 02:06 PM	#118
SomeThingWickd First to go, last to know Posts: 10 Karma: 44 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: California, Leuven, St. Petersburg - Russia Device: Sony 505, iPhone w/Stanza, and NOW a 16GB Apple iPad WiFi	I read for 4+ hours on it last night... And probably 2+ hours this morning.... LOVE IT! Glare is nonexistent...(I have a screen protector, in matte finish...) And the back light turned down, font and size adjusted.... It BLOWS away my wife's Kindle 2, and my PRS-505 in terms of bells and whistles...coupled with the fact it is high contrast, COLOR, and I can read my comics, magazines, news readers (RSS) plus make calls on it, watch my films, listen to music, play games, etc..... It takes some getting used to...(Took me a year, more or less to fore go my dead tree books, and migrate over to my Sony, but....) This thing is head and shoulders above ANYTHING that tries to compete with it... I can see me giving up the PRS-505 soon...and I LOVE that beast.... Given time, more apps, a bit of jail-breaking....I can see this thing displacing the Kindle, Nook, ANYTHING Sony has and the rest completely across the board.... (I am not a huge Apple Fan Boy, but I have used every reader on the market, and a few that are still in the developmental stage....and I am IMPRESSED! Highly recommend it....) In terms of the weight issue...(The difference is that between a Hardcover and a paperback, when comparing the iPad to the Sony 505....take some getting used to, but once you get accustomed to it, I don' t see it as a negative, as the screen real estate, COLOR, contrast, back-lighting et al make up for the weight in SPADES!) Last edited by SomeThingWickd; 04-04-2010 at 02:11 PM.