I love my 505 so much that once or twice I have...

Arcticnick · 03-19-2009, 05:36 PM

Occasionally I have been so absorbed reading that when I get to the bottom of the page, instead of pressing the 'turn page' button, I have actually turned the device over, instead.
Could that be a sign of early-onset oldness, or is it, perhaps, only an indication of good design?

HistoryWes · 03-19-2009, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Arcticnick

Occasionally I have been so absorbed reading that when I get to the bottom of the page, instead of pressing the 'turn page' button, I have actually turned the device over, instead.
Could that be a sign of early-onset oldness, or is it, perhaps, only an indication of good design?

I don't know, but that is a great anecdote.

Maggie May · 03-19-2009, 05:52 PM

Arcticnick. I have my Cybook for just over a year now. When I become absorbed in a book I still occasionally attempt to turn the page as I would normally turn the page of a paperback. It still makes me give a little smile to myself when I do it. It's been such an automatic genture for so long anyway. Continue to enjoy your Sony505

Slan
Mag.

Arcticnick · 03-19-2009, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Maggie May

Arcticnick. I have my Cybook for just over a year now. When I become absorbed in a book I still occasionally attempt to turn the page as I would normally turn the page of a paperback. It still makes me give a little smile to myself when I do it. It's been such an automatic genture for so long anyway. Continue to enjoy your Sony505

Slan
Mag.

Thanks Mag.
I have to admit to being highy amused whenever I flip the page.
It's good to know that I am not the only one who does it.

JSWolf · 03-19-2009, 06:04 PM

Just wait till you try to press the page turn button of a pBook.

Arcticnick · 03-19-2009, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Just wait till you try to press the page turn button of a pBook.

I hadn't thought of that but I can't wait to try.

Xenophon · 03-19-2009, 06:09 PM

I've done it.

Xenophon

Valloric · 03-19-2009, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Just wait till you try to press the page turn button of a pBook.

I've done this more than once. I keep staring at the page, waving my finger next to the book, searching for the page turn button. I always feel like an idiot after that.

stoogeswoman · 03-19-2009, 06:44 PM

Reminds me of my college days - the VCR had recently been invented, and I kept trying to fast forward the TV even when it was a live show. (looooonnnng before TiVO!)

My roommate of the day would always see me doing this and say something I've always remembered:

"You can't fast forward reality!"

mgrunk · 03-19-2009, 09:45 PM

It can get worse - I went to a movie, Benjamin Button, I kept raising my hand to forward through the movie about a dozen times.

SteveK · 03-20-2009, 12:00 AM

I've tried to turn the page on my 505 many times. Also, I have a zippered case for the 505, and tonight before I zipped it up, I started to insert a paper bookmark into it! My excuse is that I had just finished reading a pbook about 30 minutes earlier. Old habits do die hard sometimes!

SteveK

pepak · 03-20-2009, 06:43 AM

You started to sleep with your Reader yet? :-)

dragonbone · 03-20-2009, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by mgrunk

It can get worse - I went to a movie, Benjamin Button, I kept raising my hand to forward through the movie about a dozen times.

Stingo · 03-20-2009, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by pepak

You started to sleep with your Reader yet? :-)

Pepak, please...this is a family forum. What you do with your reader in the privacy of your own home is your business.

Laine · 03-20-2009, 08:19 AM

I have only had my Hanlin for 4 weeks after 4+ years of reading on pocket pcs. Now and again I still try to go to the next page by touching the screen with my finger.
I listen to lots of audiobooks on my mp3 player and I try to rewind the radio sometimes.

03-19-2009, 05:36 PM	#1
Arcticnick ArcticNick Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505/SC	I love my 505 so much that once or twice I have... Occasionally I have been so absorbed reading that when I get to the bottom of the page, instead of pressing the 'turn page' button, I have actually turned the device over, instead. Could that be a sign of early-onset oldness, or is it, perhaps, only an indication of good design?

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stoogeswoman Zealot Posts: 149 Karma: 492 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Reseda, CA Device: eBookwise 1150 and Kindle 1	Reminds me of my college days - the VCR had recently been invented, and I kept trying to fast forward the TV even when it was a live show. (looooonnnng before TiVO!) My roommate of the day would always see me doing this and say something I've always remembered: "You can't fast forward reality!"

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mgrunk Zealot Posts: 130 Karma: 96 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: metro Atlanta, GA Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	It can get worse - I went to a movie, Benjamin Button, I kept raising my hand to forward through the movie about a dozen times.

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