Since I was one of the lucky to get my PW today (and there isn't a thread started), I thought I would give an update about what I'm finding. As others get theirs, please feel free to share your thoughts.
I've been using the Touch for the past year and have really liked it. There were a few annoyances that I wasn't fond of. It seemed to take forever to think, which may be due to the number of books I've got on it. The touch screen also seemed a little sluggish when I'm so used to the iPhone and iPad. I also had trouble with the pages occasionally skipping several ahead. This also might have been a memory issue. Over all the shape was good but it just had a few design flaws.
Now that I've had a little time to play with the PW I can firmly say it's the best I've used so far. Started on a K2, husband has a K3 and I have the touch.
It is so much more responsive to touch. I've not had any issues with it stalling and see they have redone things so that page turning is much easier, it's actually not crazy to hold it with one hand. It's a more fluid piece of equipment now. It starts off with an easy tutorial that tells all the new tools and how to use them. I thought it might be a waste of time but there were actually a few things I didn't know.
I am a little surprised that the white isn't as white as it seemed in the videos I had watched. Don't get me wrong, it's still much whiter than the others but it's just not as bright as I would have thought. Of course, maybe my eyes are a little worse off than I'd suspected. Or the normal lighting isn't doing it justice.
Since I got the wifi w/o 3g w/ ads, there are a few things I'm not used to. For instance, there is a banner of best sellers listed. I don't know if the others had this but it's new to me. So when I scroll through the covers, only about 4 of mine show up at a time. In the end I may pay the difference and just dump the ads. On the plus side, they are giving a $5 mp3 credit.
As for reading, it's a dream. No issues at all. The only irritation I have is pulling books from the cloud (something I loathe) but now that I can see the covers I'm thinking I might just store a few at a time on the actual device. It's really so much easier this way.
Now I'm off to read a little in bed with the lights off. This is the big test for me. Although anything that lets me take off the big stinking light I have is a good thing.
I'd love to hear want others think.
I've been using the Touch for the past year and have really liked it. There were a few annoyances that I wasn't fond of. It seemed to take forever to think, which may be due to the number of books I've got on it. The touch screen also seemed a little sluggish when I'm so used to the iPhone and iPad. I also had trouble with the pages occasionally skipping several ahead. This also might have been a memory issue. Over all the shape was good but it just had a few design flaws.
Now that I've had a little time to play with the PW I can firmly say it's the best I've used so far. Started on a K2, husband has a K3 and I have the touch.
It is so much more responsive to touch. I've not had any issues with it stalling and see they have redone things so that page turning is much easier, it's actually not crazy to hold it with one hand. It's a more fluid piece of equipment now. It starts off with an easy tutorial that tells all the new tools and how to use them. I thought it might be a waste of time but there were actually a few things I didn't know.
I am a little surprised that the white isn't as white as it seemed in the videos I had watched. Don't get me wrong, it's still much whiter than the others but it's just not as bright as I would have thought. Of course, maybe my eyes are a little worse off than I'd suspected. Or the normal lighting isn't doing it justice.
Since I got the wifi w/o 3g w/ ads, there are a few things I'm not used to. For instance, there is a banner of best sellers listed. I don't know if the others had this but it's new to me. So when I scroll through the covers, only about 4 of mine show up at a time. In the end I may pay the difference and just dump the ads. On the plus side, they are giving a $5 mp3 credit.
As for reading, it's a dream. No issues at all. The only irritation I have is pulling books from the cloud (something I loathe) but now that I can see the covers I'm thinking I might just store a few at a time on the actual device. It's really so much easier this way.
Now I'm off to read a little in bed with the lights off. This is the big test for me. Although anything that lets me take off the big stinking light I have is a good thing.
I'd love to hear want others think.