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Originally Posted by classics_reader
Hello,
I am thinking of buying a new mobile phone and I'm interested in reading eBooks on it. I have hit upon a very appealing phone within my budget (Nokia 3110) but its resolution at 160x128 is a bit on the low side.
Can I have some opinions on how practical is this resolution for reading eBooks?
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I started reading ebooks on a Handspring Visor Deluxe, and later a Visor Pro. These were low res mono Palm OS devices, with 160x160 screens. Using the standard Palm built-in fonts, I got about 20 llines of about 40 characters per screen, and could read comfortably.
Per other posters here, the variable is not so much screen resolution as
size. I'd also add font. Variables like the precise font used, the character spacing, and the leading (space between lines) greatly affects legibility and reading comfort.
Personally, I wouldn't use a cell phone for reading ebooks. The screen size is simply too small. My current ebook reader is another Palm OS PDA, with a 320x480 screen.. Using my preferred viewer and a custom font, I gat about 15 lines per screen with 10 - 12 words/line in landscape orientation, and I can read comfortably. I wouldn't mind an even larger screen, but that would be for other purposes.
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Dennis