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JimMcLaren · 05-05-2010, 09:15 PM

My PB 302 arrived Tuesday and I am mostly impressed. I have a few observations and questions.

Keyboard in the dictionary is unusable. The dictionary works pretty well. I downloaded and installed the Webster 1913 Dictionary and it works fine. BUT, when I select the keyboard I get a keyboard like the second picture that Kacir posted here. I have tried different combinations of keyboard settings in the reader and none of them seem to affect what keyboard comes up in the dictionary.
When I have zoomed a PDF to "Fit Width" I can't scroll with any buttons. I have to drag the document on the screen. All in all a minor annoyance.
A lot of people have said the screen is shiny and it is. It is shinier than the PRS 600 that I tried. I have a matte screen protector on the way and hopefully that fixes it.
There is one epub that I created in Calibre that I can't read. It opens fine and the table of contents work fine. But when I open and article the screen flashes momentarily and I can see the article then the screen turns black. I hope I just have to play with the Calibre recipe there. On the bright side, the Sony couldn't even open that epub.
The behavior of the reader is inconsistent.
- I've yet to figure out what's going to cause the screen to rotate. Some times it rotates at the slightest tilt, other times you can hold it sideways for 10 minutes and it will never tilt.
- Menus don't always pop up when I tap the screen. Sometimes I have had to leave a book and come back in before the menus start working.
- I've been using the rotate menu all day and didn't realize until 20 minutes ago the it had four sets of "ABC" on it at four orientations so you could choose the one to rotate to. The menu was just blank and I happened to hit the right place.
- Several times when I've opened some PDFs the reader has zoomed to -4000% (I don't even know what that means) and the screen is blank. I can zoom to the appropriate setting and all is good.
I really like the way the table of contents works. It could use some refinements but in general it is excellent.
I've yet to get the wireless to work. Still working on that.

In general I think I like it. I'll let you know more in the coming days.

05-05-2010, 09:15 PM	#1
JimMcLaren Addict Posts: 260 Karma: 1014230 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Onyx Boox T68, Kobo Aura HD, Pocketbook 302, Pocketbook 912, Nook HD+	Got my PB 302 and have a few questions. My PB 302 arrived Tuesday and I am mostly impressed. I have a few observations and questions. Keyboard in the dictionary is unusable. The dictionary works pretty well. I downloaded and installed the Webster 1913 Dictionary and it works fine. BUT, when I select the keyboard I get a keyboard like the second picture that Kacir posted here. I have tried different combinations of keyboard settings in the reader and none of them seem to affect what keyboard comes up in the dictionary. When I have zoomed a PDF to "Fit Width" I can't scroll with any buttons. I have to drag the document on the screen. All in all a minor annoyance. A lot of people have said the screen is shiny and it is. It is shinier than the PRS 600 that I tried. I have a matte screen protector on the way and hopefully that fixes it. There is one epub that I created in Calibre that I can't read. It opens fine and the table of contents work fine. But when I open and article the screen flashes momentarily and I can see the article then the screen turns black. I hope I just have to play with the Calibre recipe there. On the bright side, the Sony couldn't even open that epub. The behavior of the reader is inconsistent. I've yet to figure out what's going to cause the screen to rotate. Some times it rotates at the slightest tilt, other times you can hold it sideways for 10 minutes and it will never tilt. Menus don't always pop up when I tap the screen. Sometimes I have had to leave a book and come back in before the menus start working. I've been using the rotate menu all day and didn't realize until 20 minutes ago the it had four sets of "ABC" on it at four orientations so you could choose the one to rotate to. The menu was just blank and I happened to hit the right place. Several times when I've opened some PDFs the reader has zoomed to -4000% (I don't even know what that means) and the screen is blank. I can zoom to the appropriate setting and all is good. I really like the way the table of contents works. It could use some refinements but in general it is excellent. I've yet to get the wireless to work. Still working on that. In general I think I like it. I'll let you know more in the coming days. Last edited by JimMcLaren; 05-08-2010 at 02:20 PM. Reason: changed menu choice from zoom to rotate - oops.