[Logseman]

Besides my Pocketbook, I own an iPod touch which I use for reading occassionally, so I can say I can speak for both sides. I'm too young to have seen anything of the geekiest moments of computers, where people just tore a big bloat of metal apart just for the hell of it and started to tweak things.

On the one side, I love my iPod touch because it's very convenient to use. The thing called "user experience" exists, and it's there though many people, which are used to tinker and will want to tinker by default, do simply ignore that fact. However, I hate iTunes and the way it prevents you to operate your device swiftly, and I know I can't do anything about it but bugger myself and endure a product which is designed against my needs and wants.

On the other hand, Pocketbook offers a completely different concept. Pocketbook offers me so many things to steer, too many for me. I admit I don't know how to adjust many of the settings, or even want to do so. Hell, I can even choose what program I want to open my files with. I just bought it because it was cheap and I pictured myself reading a lot of classics oh so easily: I admit I don't want to crack my head choosing the text margins.

However, Pocketbook does something for me: it listens to me. If I really want something software-wise, I don't have to bugger myself: I can tweak it. I wanted a Spanish translation, e.g, and when it started shipping, I saw it and it was poor, so I wanted to improve it. I did so, and now Pocketbook has adopted it as their standard issue. That's something I value, because they've allowed me to help people, albeit in a menial way. I like to help people in the way I can, and whoever makes it easier for me to do so deserves my praise. Pocketbook counts in that category. Whether it is an ubergeek capable of programming a terminal emulator or a pure layman, Pocketbook encourages people to help others and has ways for all of them to be useful.