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Originally Posted by ragzy
Thanx for your replys everyone. As most of you has confirmed here the page turning and amount of text fitted on the screen doesn't seem to be much to worry about.
I apologize for the "weird" questions, but they do come form a guy who has never touched an e-reader before.=)
It seems to be more comfortable to read from these devices that reading from a book, which sounds great.
I would like to be able to read programming and other IT books in pdf format (or formated properly in a format that would be easy to convert the pfd to, all for a reasonable price of around $200 (no other bells and whistles needed). But this seems to be impossible at the time.
At he same time programming and similar types of books are not read in the same way as ordinary books and might not even be suitable to read in this manner. Of course I read other books new and old and that is what I'm planning to use the e-reader for.
As with everything else you cant get it all in one package for a nice price and I guess that is why so many of you guys here own more than one device.
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Dear Ragzy:
I am not allowed to advertise on here, but I can say that I work for an eBook Reader manufactruer/seller and we sell both 6 inch and 5 inch. The 6 inch came first and all devices were essentially 6 inch 1.2 years ago. Then Sony and Astak and a few others came out with 5 inch. I worried how people would react to the "small screen".
Ragzy, after a year I can say that people LOVE the 5 inch. They have daily been on my forum and there has been ONLY comments about the great features and about the size and about the ergonomics. The smaller screen reads just fine and presents no problems. WHY they love 5 inch is that it weighs 5.8 ounces and fits into a jacket pocket or lady's clutch purse. You can carry it anywhere and put it out-of-site easily. It is not cumbersome.
The point I am making is do not at all worry about the 5 inch screen readability... but be aware of the advantages of a 5 inch device as far as weigh, size, and carrying it around. Make sure your device you are thinking about has E-Ink. I doubt the model you mentioned has this. Backlit devices cost less but also only give 12-14 hours to a full battery charge. Most E-Ink devices allow you to read three novels on one charge and most feel they cause no eye strain and they allow reading in bright sunlight or indoors. I would recommend you pay more attention to the type of screen and E-Ink screens are outstanding!