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BeBook

ProSCORE

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mixed

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2 pros

4 cons

Review date: November 26, 2008

Sony Reader PRS-505

ProSCORE

negative

mixed

positive

4 pros

3 cons

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Review date: November 26, 2008

labrys updated 2 products

Updated BeBook

November 26, 2008 at 10:35 am

New pro/con: refresh rate a little slow (between page turns) I turn a real page quicker!

New pro/con: has the most different types of compatible formats

New pro/con: more expensive than sony

New pro/con: text reproduction on certain fonts unreadable (sony's is much better)

New pro/con: no control over horiz vert (sony does) only swaps occsasionally on third zoom

Updated Sony Reader PRS-505

November 26, 2008 at 10:30 am

Added a competitor: BeBook

Agreed: "Simple and sleek design"

Disagreed: "Improved button placement"

Agreed: "Huge storage capabilities (up to 12GB total)"

Agreed: "Plays mp3s"

labrys commented on Sony Reader PRS-505

November 26, 2008 at 10:28 am

"oh also.. the buttons on the side are always getting pressed even when the cover is over it if you pick it up from that side or close the cover to hevily! But i hear there is plenty of hacks out there for disabling this. Why it is not just an option is beyond me."

"The "reader" software (like ipods software.. but appaulingingly simplistic and annoying to use) does not appear to be able to do much other than let you copy things over. How do you set up catagories? Also half of these protected PDF's you buy dont even bother setting the title or author fields in the pdf which more