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wodin · 06-12-2010, 03:13 PM

I got my new HTC EVO from the man in the brown truck Thursday, and I'm amazed at what a great reader this thing is. The first app I loaded was FBReader, which was my favorite reader on my old Android (Samsung Moment) phone. I transferred all my books from the Moment, set up my preferences and started reading.

Wow! The bigger (4.3") screen made such a difference. With the font size set to a comfortable size for my ancient eyeballs, I can get 25% more words on the screen; making for many fewer finger flicks. I haven't counted the characters, but it seems like it displays well over half of the number of characters as a standard paperback.

I haven't had it long enough to judge battery life yet, but first impressions are that it is slightly less than the Moment. But then I had 4G, Bluetooth, GPS, default screen brightness, active wallpaper, etc. etc. all turned on. When I get it tweaked for better endurance it should be better.

06-12-2010, 03:13 PM	#1
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	HTC EVO Android phone I got my new HTC EVO from the man in the brown truck Thursday, and I'm amazed at what a great reader this thing is. The first app I loaded was FBReader, which was my favorite reader on my old Android (Samsung Moment) phone. I transferred all my books from the Moment, set up my preferences and started reading. Wow! The bigger (4.3") screen made such a difference. With the font size set to a comfortable size for my ancient eyeballs, I can get 25% more words on the screen; making for many fewer finger flicks. I haven't counted the characters, but it seems like it displays well over half of the number of characters as a standard paperback. I haven't had it long enough to judge battery life yet, but first impressions are that it is slightly less than the Moment. But then I had 4G, Bluetooth, GPS, default screen brightness, active wallpaper, etc. etc. all turned on. When I get it tweaked for better endurance it should be better.