How do you hold a JB?

greenapple · 02-03-2010, 01:43 AM

My default way of holding a JB is with my left palm, and I turn the pages using the slider with my thumb. Is this the optimal way to hold the JB, as intended by the designer of the product, I wonder? I'm a right-handed person, but I soon got used to wriggling my thumb to get to the next page.

Anyone has a different way of holding/using the JB?

Canuck_in_Japan · 02-03-2010, 04:35 AM

Don't use the slider-I just dont like the way it "slides". If the designers were smarth then they would have simply put two vertical buttons there for you to turn the pages. If I'm holding the book in my left hand then I use the left hand side buttons and if I'm holding in the right then I use the right hand side buttons

GhostHawk · 02-03-2010, 07:54 AM

There is a thread, but its about 9 pages back.

GhostHawk · 02-03-2010, 07:56 AM

I ignore the sliding bar on the left. Use either the silver buttons lower left or the cursor keys to change page.

Nate the great · 02-03-2010, 07:58 AM

I hold it in landscape in my left hand. This keeps my thumb right next to the page turn button.

LS650 · 02-03-2010, 01:42 PM

I also ignore the slider: two buttons for up and down would have been better.

I usually grip the lower two corners, and split about 50-50 between using the chrome buttons with my left thumb or the right/left arrows with my right thumb.

Kris777 · 02-03-2010, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I hold it in landscape in my left hand. This keeps my thumb right next to the page turn button.

I do the same.

greenapple · 02-03-2010, 07:29 PM

I avoid the buttons if I could. I wish they would make less noise when I depress them, particularly the silver ones.

rickyoon.vegas · 02-03-2010, 08:30 PM

If i had a JetBook Lite, I'd use the slider.
On the original JetBook, it's awkward to use the slider.
Left bottom page turners are the best when holding with either hands

Solicitous · 02-03-2010, 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rickyoon.vegas

If i had a JetBook Lite, I'd use the slider.
On the original JetBook, it's awkward to use the slider.
Left bottom page turners are the best when holding with either hands

How are the sliders different between the original Jetbook and the Jetbook Lite?

P.X. Fort · 02-03-2010, 11:47 PM

I don't. I have people for that.

Kris777 · 02-04-2010, 01:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solicitous

How are the sliders different between the original Jetbook and the Jetbook Lite?

both units have the same sliders but jetBook-Lite has the AA battery part that can be used as a holder and slider is very useful on this model.

LuBiB · 02-04-2010, 01:09 PM

hold it by the batteries! its so well balanced, you never want to let it go!

rickyoon.vegas · 02-04-2010, 06:42 PM

Seriously. In terms of Comfort, jetBook LITE is a clear winner because of the battery cage can be used as a secure holder for your left hand.
You really don't ever want to let it go.
I chose the normal jetBook because i could slide it in my packed laptop bag.

02-03-2010, 01:43 AM	#1
greenapple Evangelist Posts: 404 Karma: 664 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle DX, Kobo Aura HD	How do you hold a JB? My default way of holding a JB is with my left palm, and I turn the pages using the slider with my thumb. Is this the optimal way to hold the JB, as intended by the designer of the product, I wonder? I'm a right-handed person, but I soon got used to wriggling my thumb to get to the next page. Anyone has a different way of holding/using the JB?

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02-03-2010, 04:35 AM	#2
Canuck_in_Japan Wizard Posts: 1,476 Karma: 14328611 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tokyo, Japan Device: Aura, Aura H2O, Kindle PW3	Don't use the slider-I just dont like the way it "slides". If the designers were smarth then they would have simply put two vertical buttons there for you to turn the pages. If I'm holding the book in my left hand then I use the left hand side buttons and if I'm holding in the right then I use the right hand side buttons

02-03-2010, 07:54 AM	#3
GhostHawk Data Privateer! Posts: 586 Karma: 62887 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Fargo ND Device: Ectaco Jetbook& Jetbook Lite	There is a thread, but its about 9 pages back.

02-03-2010, 07:56 AM	#4
GhostHawk Data Privateer! Posts: 586 Karma: 62887 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Fargo ND Device: Ectaco Jetbook& Jetbook Lite	I ignore the sliding bar on the left. Use either the silver buttons lower left or the cursor keys to change page.

02-03-2010, 07:58 AM	#5
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	I hold it in landscape in my left hand. This keeps my thumb right next to the page turn button.

02-03-2010, 01:42 PM	#6
LS650 Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 66 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Canada Device: Android, Jetbook Lite	I also ignore the slider: two buttons for up and down would have been better. I usually grip the lower two corners, and split about 50-50 between using the chrome buttons with my left thumb or the right/left arrows with my right thumb.

02-03-2010, 07:29 PM	#8
greenapple Evangelist Posts: 404 Karma: 664 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle DX, Kobo Aura HD	I avoid the buttons if I could. I wish they would make less noise when I depress them, particularly the silver ones.

02-03-2010, 08:30 PM	#9
rickyoon.vegas Member Posts: 11 Karma: 26 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Jetbook	If i had a JetBook Lite, I'd use the slider. On the original JetBook, it's awkward to use the slider. Left bottom page turners are the best when holding with either hands

02-03-2010, 11:47 PM	#11
P.X. Fort Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 100 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Pennsylvania, United States Device: JetBook Lite; EeePC 1005HA	I don't. I have people for that.

02-04-2010, 01:09 PM	#13
LuBiB Banned Posts: 349 Karma: 1018593 Join Date: May 2009 Location: New York Device: jetBook, iPhone, JETBOOK COLOR!!	hold it by the batteries! its so well balanced, you never want to let it go!

02-04-2010, 06:42 PM	#14
rickyoon.vegas Member Posts: 11 Karma: 26 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Jetbook	Seriously. In terms of Comfort, jetBook LITE is a clear winner because of the battery cage can be used as a secure holder for your left hand. You really don't ever want to let it go. I chose the normal jetBook because i could slide it in my packed laptop bag.

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