If you could change some things on the 505, what would it be? - Page 6

astra · 11-12-2008, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Kris777

Sounds like next generation jetBook with eInk description with only one exception - the maximum size of SD card - 2GB.

Kris777 · 11-12-2008, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by astra

I will think twice before change my jetBook with TFT screen to jetBook with Eink screen in case if it will be available sometimes in future.

astra · 11-12-2008, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Kris777

I will think twice before change my jetBook with TFT screen to jetBook with Eink screen in case if it will be available sometimes in future.

Sure.
I just wanted to point out that the two cannot be compared because of the difference between screens.
Whoever likes TFT might as well read from PCs, laptops, netbooks, mobile phones, PDAs etc. The range is huge.
Whoever wants a replacement of a printed book needs eInk and long battery life.

Kris777 · 11-12-2008, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by astra

Sure.
I just wanted to point out that the two cannot be compared because of the difference between screens.
Whoever likes TFT might as well read from PCs, laptops, netbooks, mobile phones, PDAs etc. The range is huge.
Whoever wants a replacement of a printed book needs eInk and long battery life.

Well, I use my jetBook with TFT screen as replacement of a printed books and it has a long battery life - 20 hours.

astra · 11-13-2008, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Kris777

Well, I use my jetBook with TFT screen as replacement of a printed books and it has a long battery life - 20 hours.

I honestly envy you if you don't notice any eyestrain when you read with TFT in comparison to printed book.

gwynevans · 11-13-2008, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by RJ_Cruze_Jr

David Weber's Oath of Swords, "Tomanāk" comes up as "Toman k." It's not a show-stopper; it's just annoying.

Interesting choice, as all the current downloads from Baen seem have it as "Tomanak", i.e. no accent! (Page 3 does have "hrä-dä-ne", which reads correctly here, but I'm not sure if I've currently got the standard fonts or extended ones installed.)

pilotbob · 11-13-2008, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by astra

I honestly envy you if you don't notice any eyestrain when you read with TFT in comparison to printed book.

Why? The reflective TFT screen on the Jetbook is sharp and clear. The contrast is a small bit lower than an eInk screen. Why would you expect to get eyestrain more readily with the TFT screen?

BOb

astra · 11-13-2008, 10:50 AM

Because it is a backlit screen vs. reflective eInk?

pilotbob · 11-13-2008, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by astra

Because it is a backlit screen vs. reflective eInk?

No it is not. It is reflective just like the eInk screens.

BOb

astra · 11-13-2008, 10:52 AM

Then I don't understand how it works.
I am using ectaco products for almost 10 years.

pilotbob · 11-13-2008, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by astra

Then I don't understand how it works.
I am using ectaco products for almost 10 years.

I'm not sure what you don't understand. The screen on the Jetbook is an LCD screen that does not have a back light. You need ambient light to see the image. I assume other ectaco products may use backlight screens but the Jetbook doesn't.

BOb

astra · 11-13-2008, 11:02 AM

Then what is a difference between eInk and TFT?

I believe my ectaco dictionaries have the same TFT screen as the ebook reader

pilotbob · 11-13-2008, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by astra

Then what is a difference between eInk and TFT?

The LCD screen the image is created by putting electric current through the diode so it will be black. Where as an eInk screen works some other way and only needs power when the image is created. I don't know the exact technical properties of how each screen works.

But, I do know that the Jetbook does NOT have a back light. I have used one and can tell you that with 100% certainty. I'm not sure it is an issue of you not understanding this rather it seems an issue of you not believing be.

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Originally Posted by astra

I believe my ectaco dictionaries have the same TFT screen as the ebook reader

If the dictionaries are backlit then they have a transmissive screen with a backlight. The jetbook has a reflexive TFT screen. Have you not seen LCD clocks? Most of them are NOT back lit and use a reflexive type screen.

BOb

astra · 11-13-2008, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Have you not seen LCD clocks? Most of them are NOT back lit and use a reflexive type screen.

That is the type of LCD my dictionaries have.

pilotbob · 11-13-2008, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by astra

That is the type of LCD my dictionaries have.

Then there is no backlight on it?

BOb

11-13-2008, 11:02 AM	#87
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	Then what is a difference between eInk and TFT? I believe my ectaco dictionaries have the same TFT screen as the ebook reader Last edited by astra; 11-13-2008 at 11:18 AM.

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astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	Because it is a backlit screen vs. reflective eInk?

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astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	Then I don't understand how it works. I am using ectaco products for almost 10 years.