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Old 06-19-2010, 10:01 AM   #3
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Location: Germany, near Stuttgart
Device: Sony PRS-505, PB 360° & 302, nook wi-fi, Kindle 3
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1. Glare.
Boox has touch screen on top of the e-ink and it has to have more glare.
How bad is it? maybe compare it with normal non-glossy TFT, a glossy TFT and standard e-ink. {Edit} Is the mate screen protector they ship it now any good? In terms of preventing glare and not decreasing the touch screen function. {/Edit}
I want to be able to read it in the park, next to a window but not necessarily on the beach under the direct sun.
The boox has not more glare than my PRS-505. The PB302 has much more glare. PocketBook delivers the PB302 with an antiglare foil though. With the boox there is just no need for such an foil.

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2. Contrast
Which of the two devices have better paper reproduction? I guess (but correct me if I am wrong) that it is good to have the "paper" part as white as possible. Which one has whiter "paper"?
Both are far away from having a white background. The background of PB302's display seems to be a little bit more gray though. Contrast and font sharpness of both devices is comparable imho.

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- is there anything better for ~300Euros
Imho not - at least not with a comparable range of functions. The BeBook Neo, a boox60 hardware clone, is also interesting though.

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- which of the two is likely to have more active community - i ma a techie and like to hack and tweak my devices
The PocketBook community seems to be bigger and more active - even (or especially) here on MobileRead. There is also an official SDK for the PocketBook firmware available.

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- is the bluetooth on Pb 302 really possible to connect via mobile?
Yes, i tried it multiple times with different mobiles.
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