Hello from Virginia!

icewyche · 10-02-2010, 06:46 PM

Okay, so my name is Icewyche (well, not really, but you know...) and I'm from Norfolk, VA, USA. I'm a late-blooming ballet dancer - didn't start until I was in my thirties and recently attended my first adult ballet intensive - tribal-fusion bellydancer, and former figure skater. I also write on occasion and read at every opportunity.

I used to read e-books on my old Palm Tungsten, but the tiny screen wasn't very easy on my eyes. My first dedicated e-book reader was a Kobo purchased in July, but it was a disaster; converting my personal files to ePubs or PDFs was a nuisance, and I'd only owned it for 11 days when it crashed irrevocably during a firmware upgrade. So I returned it (thank you, Borders) and got a red Sony PRS-600. I like the 600 - more compatible file formats, no proprietary anything (I'm looking at you, Kindle), and the touchscreen is great. But I was never quite satisfied with the contrast and the glare-prone screen, so I'm upgrading to a PRS-650 which should arrive next week. That's three e-readers in three months, which must be some kind of record.

But I plan on keeping the 650 for a long while.

desertgrandma · 10-02-2010, 06:49 PM

Welcome to MobileRead, icewyche. (again)

You'll find us Kindle owners as fanatical about our devices as you Sony owners.......

CazMar · 10-02-2010, 06:53 PM

I love your graphic - might copy for my Ancient History class!

icewyche · 10-02-2010, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CazMar

I love your graphic - might copy for my Ancient History class!

Heh...I've been trying to figure out a way to get it on a T-shirt, but I haven't had much luck so far.

MickeyC · 10-02-2010, 08:35 PM

Hi icewyche and welcome to MobileRead from elsewhere in VA

ImogenRose · 10-02-2010, 09:44 PM

Hello and welcome to MR!

Imogen

GeoffC · 10-03-2010, 04:06 AM

Welcome to mobileread ....

neilmarr · 10-03-2010, 04:47 AM

Good to have your company, Ice. Best wishes. Neil

Valmore Daniels · 10-03-2010, 01:24 PM

welcome

Sandra Edwards · 10-03-2010, 02:19 PM

Welcome to MR!

Sandy

CaraM · 10-03-2010, 06:59 PM

Welcome. We're glad to have you here. It's really cool that you are a ballet dancer.

10-02-2010, 06:46 PM	#1
icewyche Dark Queen of Bibliomanes Posts: 47 Karma: 86 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Sony PRS-650	Hello from Virginia! Okay, so my name is Icewyche (well, not really, but you know...) and I'm from Norfolk, VA, USA. I'm a late-blooming ballet dancer - didn't start until I was in my thirties and recently attended my first adult ballet intensive - tribal-fusion bellydancer, and former figure skater. I also write on occasion and read at every opportunity. I used to read e-books on my old Palm Tungsten, but the tiny screen wasn't very easy on my eyes. My first dedicated e-book reader was a Kobo purchased in July, but it was a disaster; converting my personal files to ePubs or PDFs was a nuisance, and I'd only owned it for 11 days when it crashed irrevocably during a firmware upgrade. So I returned it (thank you, Borders) and got a red Sony PRS-600. I like the 600 - more compatible file formats, no proprietary anything (I'm looking at you, Kindle), and the touchscreen is great. But I was never quite satisfied with the contrast and the glare-prone screen, so I'm upgrading to a PRS-650 which should arrive next week. That's three e-readers in three months, which must be some kind of record. But I plan on keeping the 650 for a long while.

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10-02-2010, 06:49 PM	#2
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Welcome to MobileRead, icewyche. (again) You'll find us Kindle owners as fanatical about our devices as you Sony owners.......

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CazMar Book Geek Posts: 596 Karma: 1499085 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Adelaide, Australia Device: Kobo Touch, Asus MemPad 7" tablet, Nexus 5, Asus 10" tablet	I love your graphic - might copy for my Ancient History class!

10-02-2010, 08:35 PM	#5
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi icewyche and welcome to MobileRead from elsewhere in VA

10-02-2010, 09:44 PM	#6
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GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Welcome to mobileread ....

10-03-2010, 04:47 AM	#8
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Good to have your company, Ice. Best wishes. Neil

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Valmore Daniels Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,592 Karma: 2822668 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle	welcome

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Sandra Edwards Queen of Procrastination Posts: 1,884 Karma: 1802 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Nevada Device: K2, K3, Fire	Welcome to MR! Sandy

10-03-2010, 06:59 PM	#11
CaraM Guru Posts: 924 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle	Welcome. We're glad to have you here. It's really cool that you are a ballet dancer.

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