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Palm Zire or Sony SJ20 as eBook?
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I want an eBook reader. Both the Palm Zire and the Sony SJ20 go for about £45 on eBay. Which would be better as an eBook reader? Another PDA in the same price range?
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Join Date: Oct 1999
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Not the Zire. The memory is low and its screen is abnormally small, and has no backlighting. I'd say the SJ-20 would be decent. If you spring for a color device (old Visor Prism even) the readability will be much higher.
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my sj20 is great for ebooks
the white back lite on it makes it even more book like to read
better then a blue back light
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So, when I said SJ20 in my initial post, I meant SL10. And, whilst there seem to be very many SL10s on eBay, there is not a single SJ20 located in the UK. There a couple available from the USA, but I'm guessing the postage will be very high.
So, does anyone know where I might buy one in the UK? I have looked in many places, but the closest I can find is the SJ22, which has a colour screen, and is £130. I'm looking for something about half that price, at the most.
(Last edited by megasad; Sep 14, 2003 at 07:57 AM.
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Also, I've just noticed the SJ33. It seems to be the same price as the SJ22 whilst offering more gimicky featuers. Thoughts?
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dont get the sl10
i had that at first for a week, and i went through 6 AA batteries
the rechargable ones are worth the extra cash up front
i dont have much experience with the 22/33, but the color screen looks cool, pointless for me, but still cool
and the 33 i think has an mp3 player, again, cool but useless to me
but ya the sl10 was a bit thicker then the sj20, but other then that they were the same for features
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w3rd..
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The SL10 is not what you're looking for, I reckon, nor is the Zire, which has a LOUSY screen!
The SL10 and SJ20, while both just grayscale and high-res, have vastly different screens... the one in the SJ20 is significantly superior (white backlight, better contrast).
Anything recent from the Clié SJ, T or N series will please you.
tooki
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The Zire71 is a great choice if you can swing the 299.00 price. It has one of the best screens on a PDA, perfect for long reading sessions.
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