I am 58 and live in Scotland. Served 22 years in the Army and currently work from home as I care fo...
I am 58 and live in Scotland. Served 22 years in the Army and currently work from home as I care for my disabled wife. Enjoy watching sports, particularly football, reading and foreign travel.
Member since:29.07.2009
Reviews:2
I have just returned from a cruise holiday to the Venice. Normally I would take 5 books with me as I tend to read one every 3 or 4 days. It's either that or rely on the on-board library. This time, however, I had with me my Sony PRS-505 which I had loaded with James Patterson, Ian Rankine and Patricia Cornwell books (64 in all). One of the main problems during the cruise was having to stop reading on a fairly regular basis to answer questions about the reader. Even the waiters serving drinks would stop and have a chat about it. It was a complete success from every aspect and helped my wife and I to make new friends (although I doubt if Sony will include that in their marketing. I had always been a bit concerned about the size of the writing. But there are three settings for font size. I was concerned that by selecting the large size of font it would mean having to scroll along the bottom of the page. My concerns were unfounded as the only effect is that you have to press the new page button three time instaed of once to change the page. One of the reasnons we bought these (I bought my wife one first) was because my wife is disabled and finds it difficult to hold a book and was always asking me to "break the back" of her book every few minutes to make it easier for her. All of that is gone now that she has her reader as she just presses a button. I was so impressed by it that I bought one for myself. The only downside was the time it took to charge from a PC. As we now have two, we decided to but a mains charger, and it takes a lot less time to charge the batteries using this. It is reckoned that a full charge will last 600 page changes (200 if you're on the large font) which I found was more that enough.
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I've always wondered about these - I can't imagine staring at a screen all day in my spare time, whereas I would happily read a book all day. Does the glow not get a bit irritating after a while? Regards, Mike.
Tricksty 29.07.2009 17:16
Interesting - but I'm sure there's a lot more you can tell us about this!
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Advantages: It is very useful and very simple to use and it looks and feels fantastic Disadvantages: The screen isn't backlit, and the zoom only has three sizes
Advantages: It is very useful and very simple to use and it looks and feels fantastic Disadvantages: The screen isn't backlit, and the zoom only has three sizes
Jul 29th, 2009
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