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Wes Doobner is offline Wes Doobner
2009-03-24 , 03:17
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Originally Posted by mobiledivide View Post
I can't imagine the ipod touch/iphone being any different if not even worse due to lower pixel density.
Judging by this comment, I assume that you haven't seen an ebook on the iPhone. This whole pixel density thing is a false argument. The font rendering is really perfectly fine on the iPhone, it's at least as good as my N800, and the transreflective screen bests the N800 for reading - for me. The only time I have noticed an issue with pixels is when surfing the web on non-iPhone optimized websites, the N8XX blows away the iPhone in that instance.

The great thing that I love about my N810 is how small it is to handle and how perfectly it sits in my hand. On a crowded subway I can easily use it one handed and tucked close to me with my thumb on the pg+pg- rocker, which is more than I can say about the Kindle 2 and probably even the iphone.
For reading ebooks, just being honest here, the iPhone is easier for me to hold than my N800, and a simple swipe of your thumb changes pages. It really is as simple as taking out of your pocket, opening the app, and reading - all with one hand, all with essentially no fuss. The app opens at a single touch of your thumb.

Anyway, I don't want to be accused of overhyping the competition, or of taking the thread too far from it's topic... but for ebooks the iPhone holds it's own perfectly well against at least the N800.