Re: [Hampshire] eReaders

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Author: trotter
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] eReaders
At 14:40 13/09/2010, you wrote:
>On 12 September 2010 22:35, trotter <m.nuttall@???> wrote:
> > Is there a feature in the 350 that you are looking for?
> > Haven't heard about it and most features seem to be present in the 505
> > including a SD card slot.
>
>It has a touch screen. Unlike the older PRS-600, the new PRS-350 and
>PRS-650 do not use an overlay, but inferred detectors around the
>screen edge. That avoids the problems caused with extra layers over
>the eInk display.



The current Sony touch screens apparently suffer from screen glare which
the 300 and 500 dont. Thats according to reviews on play.com and amazon.

A touch screen interface would be nice but not at the expense of readability.

Martin N

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