Comments on: Pocketbook 302 review: Preconceptions

By: Felix Torres

Felix Torres — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:11:40 +0000

Not just the ‘t’; I’m getting weird keybounce (dupes and skips) all over. Going to force me to actually read what I post.

By: Chris Meadows

Chris Meadows — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:59:27 +0000

Felix, I think your “t” key is going.

By: ficbot

ficbot — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:56:58 +0000

That’s so funny about your father, Chris. One of my plans was to give mine to my mom and stepdad for a test drive

By: Felix Torres

Felix Torres — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:35:27 +0000

When you get the reader, make sure to try out the latest version of this:
http://code.google.com/p/fbreader-pockebook/

And check out some of the replacement themes; they don’t just reskin the GUI, but also enable different behavior.

I really love my PB360; i’ts rock-solid stable, fits in my pocket, and can be operated entirely with my thumb.
Best ergonomics I’ve seen on any reader out there.

By: Chris Meadows

Chris Meadows — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:13:31 +0000

Béranger, some of the new e-ink devices have their sensor layer behind the e-ink screen so it is much less prone to glare.

By: BÃ©ranger

NOTE: In fact, the glare-inducing laptop screens have HIGHER contrast, whereas the glare-inducing e-Ink screens have LOWER contrast! Isn’t that funny?

By: BÃ©ranger

All the touchscreens are glare-inducing. This might be a technological limitation, or maybe not, but either way, this is a show stopper for some people, me included.

Just like with notebooks, anti-glare screens were not invented just to be “uninvented” two decades later, only because a bunch a morons want a 1:100000000000 contrast!