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Originally Posted by john peer
I look forward to trying a NOKIA N800...just need to find where they're sold up here in Canada, no luck so far...(other than internet sales)
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Nokia Canada, NCIX.com and TigerDirect.ca are the only sources that I'm aware of in Canada. Maybe a Nokia kiosk in a local mall would have or be willing to bring in one that you could try? Or, if you're in the right part of BC, you could try one of NCIX's bricks-and-mortar locations.
I purchased and tried out an N800 a few months ago but ended up selling it off again. It didn't display enough text on the screen at a time to be comfortable for me, but if you're used to reading on a small device then you'll probably be happy with it. I will note that the eBookwise has better battery life, however.
As for me, I'll stick with my eBookwise for times when I know I'll need a backlight a lot and my Cybook (with a clip-on light as needed) for the rest of the time. My hope is that, someday in the not-too-distant future there will be a next-generation eBookwise device that combines the thin, light format and clear text of eInk with the ergonomics and backlighting of the current eBookwise-1150.
And if that future device happens to be closer in price to the eBookwise-1150 than to the Cybook - hey, bonus!!