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Old 06-15-2010, 01:43 AM   #19
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PocketBook 302 FTW!
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Device: Pocketbook 302, upgraded from PRS-600
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Transferring books to the internal memory with Calibre is painfully slow. It took 15+ minutes to transfer 700 books. I have only done it once - not game to have another go as life is just too short!
It seems like everything involving calibre gets slower and slower the more features Kovad dumps into it. I think the biggest part of the problem is the python layer; everything has to go through that interpreter. I copy my books directly from my hardrive to the device, after dumping them out of calibre and doing some post-processing to remove duplicates.

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It is not as easy to hold as a Kindle, for example because of this. Also - it is a bit hard to charge the unit - you have to remove it a bit from the case to do this.
Conveniently, the PB302 is almost exactly the same size as a Kindle. I didn't like the cover either, so I got a kindlecover (there's about a bazillion different types of them out there), cut off the brackets that hook into the Kindle, and put some velcro on the back of the PB (NOT on the battery cover) and I am in stylish, horizontal flipping, all ports exposed bliss.
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