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gargoyle67 · 10-03-2009, 11:24 AM

Well I got my pocket pro through yesterday and have been playing with it for a few hours, I had converted all my books to RTF which I found to be the best format for my 6" Bebook, I used Open Office with a border less template I found on these forums, Prob the best thing I've downloaded from here tbh.
So I copied my books across to my new Pocket Pro and found RTF to be a bit limited on the PP 2x views none of which I liked and got a few lockups too, So I read a bit more on "The best format" thread and settled on PDB mainly because Open Office supports PDB and I can keep using the no side boarder template on it, And it has multi zoom levels on PDB. I did change the font also to a custom one after reading up on here about the best fonts to use, Which I then chose (Bookman Old Style) font very nice and easy to read.
The only thing that I don't like is the fact that I have to keep my SD card plugged in to keep using the custom font, As the PP reverts back to default fonts if I remove the SD card

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The other thing I had trouble with is every time I exited a book and went back into the book my PP wouldn't save my last viewed page, After a bit of mucking about I formated my Pocket Pros internal memory to fat32 and that seems to have fixed my problem

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I was quite surprised at the size difference between my 6" Bebook and the 5" pocket Pro, I mean I've seen pictures and video but nothing can compare to having the actual product in your sweaty palms

The PP is a lot lighter than the BB too which makes reading more comfortable experience, I also noticed that the white on the PP screen is more like a cream colour than on the BB which is a lot lighter, I don't know why this is ? Maybe the designers though it would cause less eye strain ? It does seem to make the screen darker on the Pocket Pro though

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The text to speech option worked but when I tried to stop it caused no end of flashing green light loop, Which I then had to reset to clear it. But the Voice synthesizer didn't sound as bad as I thought it would

The only thing I like better on the Bebook than the Pocket Pro is understandably the screen size which of course means a lot less page turns but that's the compromise I'm willing to live with for the smaller form factor

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The other thing worth noting is the extra speed of the Pocket Pro, It just feels more snappier than the 6" Bebook, You notice it more jumping from menu to menu and book to book, Page turning when running them side by side also shows a slight improvement over the 6" Bebook by about second.
Obviously this extra speed is due to the faster processor on the Pocket Pro.
I must say I do like the Pocket Pro so far

over the "6 Bebook for all the above mentioned points, Right back to some reading and not so much writing

Side by side comparison:

10-03-2009, 11:24 AM	#1
gargoyle67 Addict Posts: 231 Karma: 180249 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kobo Aura	1st Impressions Of Pocket Pro Well I got my pocket pro through yesterday and have been playing with it for a few hours, I had converted all my books to RTF which I found to be the best format for my 6" Bebook, I used Open Office with a border less template I found on these forums, Prob the best thing I've downloaded from here tbh. So I copied my books across to my new Pocket Pro and found RTF to be a bit limited on the PP 2x views none of which I liked and got a few lockups too, So I read a bit more on "The best format" thread and settled on PDB mainly because Open Office supports PDB and I can keep using the no side boarder template on it, And it has multi zoom levels on PDB. I did change the font also to a custom one after reading up on here about the best fonts to use, Which I then chose (Bookman Old Style) font very nice and easy to read. The only thing that I don't like is the fact that I have to keep my SD card plugged in to keep using the custom font, As the PP reverts back to default fonts if I remove the SD card. The other thing I had trouble with is every time I exited a book and went back into the book my PP wouldn't save my last viewed page, After a bit of mucking about I formated my Pocket Pros internal memory to fat32 and that seems to have fixed my problem. I was quite surprised at the size difference between my 6" Bebook and the 5" pocket Pro, I mean I've seen pictures and video but nothing can compare to having the actual product in your sweaty palms The PP is a lot lighter than the BB too which makes reading more comfortable experience, I also noticed that the white on the PP screen is more like a cream colour than on the BB which is a lot lighter, I don't know why this is ? Maybe the designers though it would cause less eye strain ? It does seem to make the screen darker on the Pocket Pro though . The text to speech option worked but when I tried to stop it caused no end of flashing green light loop, Which I then had to reset to clear it. But the Voice synthesizer didn't sound as bad as I thought it would The only thing I like better on the Bebook than the Pocket Pro is understandably the screen size which of course means a lot less page turns but that's the compromise I'm willing to live with for the smaller form factor. The other thing worth noting is the extra speed of the Pocket Pro, It just feels more snappier than the 6" Bebook, You notice it more jumping from menu to menu and book to book, Page turning when running them side by side also shows a slight improvement over the 6" Bebook by about second. Obviously this extra speed is due to the faster processor on the Pocket Pro. I must say I do like the Pocket Pro so far over the "6 Bebook for all the above mentioned points, Right back to some reading and not so much writing Side by side comparison: