Please Recommend a Pocket PC for ebooks

[johnjen]

Looking for the best device for using ebooks. Suggestions please.

[johnjen]

Looking for the best device for using ebooks. Suggestions please.

[yvilla]

Ebook reading in VGA resolution, on the Toshiba e805, is spectacular. There is nothing else right now that can beat that!

P.S. And it does have a jog dial; great for one handed page flipping.

[Steven Cedrone]

I love my 2215, but... (you knew there had to be a "but") If ebooks are what you are looking to do with a Pocket PC, you need a device with either a jog dial, or at least some kind of button on the side that you can remap to turn the pages...

The 22xx series is definitely not the best Pocket PC for ebooks...

Steve

[Brad Adrian]

To Steven's point, I wouldn't recommend the 19XX either. The screen is really very nice and the price is right, but the side button (which could be remapped for <pagedown>) is pretty small and hard to use if you've got big hands.

[Jason Dunn]

I use the d-pad to go up/down in the book, so I don't think the side buttons should be much of an issue for anyone...

[tanalasta]

The toshi's have jog dials and whilst i've never seen the vga screen in action, i agree its probably going to very pretty! However, i wouldn't buy a pocketpc device just for reading ebooks! Not only can you use them for so much more, but its quite a lot of money!

I usually navigate through ebooks using my stylus to click on the next buttons (or scroll buttons) but honestly, its not that much of an issue. Everyone has their own little personal preferences Actually though, i'm not a big fan of ebooks. The only one that i use now is pocketbible (laridian) and thats more a program than an ebook 8)

[nosmohtac]

I agree that the Toshiba E805 is going to be the best thing out there for reading Ebooks, but If that's going to be the main use of it, $599 might seem a bit steep. If your looking for a cheap way to read Ebooks, I would recommend the Toshiba E335. You get a 3.5" transflective display, WM 2003, SD slot, and best of all you can pick one up for about $150.00 right now.

[yvilla]

Originally Posted by tanalasta

The toshi's have jog dials and whilst i've never seen the vga screen in action, i agree its probably going to very pretty!

It's not just that it's pretty. Depending on your eyesight, and thus your choice of font size, you get up to four times as much content per page than with any other PPC! For a serious ebook reader, there is just no comparison to this experience; it much more closely approximates the experience of reading a paper book. pclove:

[eamonn]

I have a compaq h1910 and i love it for ebooks. its a cheap pda but its light and has a great screen and its small too!!

i love it!

[pocketpcfox]

Originally Posted by Brad Adrian

To Steven's point, I wouldn't recommend the 19XX either. The screen is really very nice and the price is right....

Interesting point. If reading ebooks is the main reason for getting a PPC, then price may be an important factor. The cheaper the better -- lots of wear and tear, no heartache when lost on a bus or crushed in a backpack.

I do miss my jornada 548 jog dial for reading, and got so tired of paging down on my 2210 from the front that I've been using uBook which has an excellent page turning feature... but with a twist (at least I've never seen it on another app). The page doesn't scroll (anti-nausea pills are a must, I find) but rather it exchanges a single line of text at a time. That way, your eyes move down the page, and keep up with the change of the "page" of text. Hmmm... hard to describe.

Anyhow the scroll rate is highly configurable for uBook, and landscape mode is useful too.


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