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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
I just switched to an HTC Touch Pro 2 myself. I've tested a number of reading apps, and I'm a few days away from publishing my results on MR (I've been waiting for some of the iPad hype to cool off).
Bottom line, the TP2 is a great reading device, depending on the app you use: Some apps (like MobiPocket) haven't been properly updated to run on the touch-centric device; and Windows Mobile is so low on most developers' lists that many apps being developed for other smartphones (like iPhone and Android) will probably never see WinMo versions.
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I can't remember if I've asked you this before, but have you used
book form yet? While reading while laying down, I've found it to be the most comfortable way to hold the device and easily turn pages. I slide out the keyboard, tilt the screen up, manually revert the screen orientation to portrait (using Rhodium Keyboard Controller, but other programs can do this), place my index finger between the back of the screen and the base of the device, and place my thumb on the arrow keys.
I hadn't anticipated this use of the form factor when I bought the device, even though ereading was one of my primary reasons for buying it, but now I can't imagine having a device that doesn't tilt as it's a really comfortable way to hold the device, especially when holding it while laying down.
As to WinMo development, winmo6.5 has been effectively killed by WinPho7, but there is still a huge group of enthusiasts developing independent apps for the platform, and many of them rival their less indie brethren. On top of that, the TP2 is one of the devices supported by the XDAndroid project, so you can get android 2.0x on the TP2 today.