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Old 05-23-2010, 02:46 AM   #1
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Location: Pontoise, France
Device: Onyx Boox 60, iPad
Some Noob questions

Hello everyone

After reading your reactions to the Boox 60, I decided to purchase one - my first ereader. It arrived a couple of days ago, and I've been learning how to make it work, and getting the feel of it. I have a couple of issues with it, but I don't know whether they are general or specific to the Boox.

The first one is page turning. The way it is handled is very disturbing to my aging eyes : the screen inverses and I feel like I'm going cross-eyed. Is this general to all e-readers? Is there any way to induce a smoother ride?

The second arises when I try to read books downloaded from the university of Adelaide site at http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/ . The books open in Stanza on my iMac, but if I try to read them on the Boox, all I get is a blank page. Other epub books open correctly.

The last issue is that I had envisaged using this when hiking. We'll be walking for a fortnight this summer, and I'd like to take a few books with me: an ereader seemed a good solution. Also I had intended to scan the relevant pages from the guide we're using, and put those on the machine too. But I'm now wondering whether the glass-screen will be sufficiently robust to carry in the side-pocket of a back-pack, consulting whenever necessary. Has anyone tried using one of these in such circumstances?

Thank you for your comments

Tim Mason
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