Hello!
As I do not own and have not even held a e-reader myself I want to ask the experts here for advice.
I've been contemplating getting one since the release kindle 1, but the availability and range of devices
is still really low in Sweden. I'm currently thinking about buying the Jetbook Lite from ectaco Germany (a 5" device).
Everything seems good enough with this device, but I worry about the size.
I have been browsing this forum for a while and noticed that many of you own more than one device.
For the people that own both 5" and 6" devices and have bought them
both for personal use:
I'm interested in what you have to say about screen size
- Which one did you buy first, why did you buy the second device?
For those of you who own a 5" device:- Is the screen big enough to read comfortably from?
- Do you find yourself pressing the "next page" button too frequently?
- How does the reading experience compare with reading from a normal sized pocket book.
Measuring one, I noticed that a 5" screen would show14 lines less text (37 lines) than the measured pocket
book 51 lines (small text in this book). As this text is rather small, I'd have to make the font a bit bigger and
thus loose a few more lines. Adding one inch would ad about 8 more lines in this example.
What about the size of the whole device from a ergonomic perspective?- Is it comfortable to hold (most devices seem to have roughly the same shape, but lets skip page turning
here since this can be too different from one device to another) for a longer session?
- How do you hold the device while reading? (Bonus: 5" vs 6"?).
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