I, too have had my Oasis for a little over a month. I have the Merlot cover.  The cover feels good and has a nice leather smell.

I have been very happy with my screen.  If I look for it I can see a smudge (cone) at one point.  If if am not looking for it I cannot see it so in my book it does not count. I did switch to Helvetica for the heavier font.  I read at either the 2nd or the 3rd font size.  I read at brightness level 14 which is lower than the 18 I read at with my Voyage.

I read most often with my right hand holding the Oasis without the cover.  When I with I switch easily to the left.  When reading at my computer desk I will occasionally place it in my tech-mate stand.  When I do I put it in the cover so it does not lean due to the thicker right side. I find it very comfortable to read in bed where I lay on my side and read with the Oasis in my right hand.  My Voyage used to tilt easily and often fall when reading one handed in bed.

I think I have charged my case and battery 4 times in the month I have owned it.  When reading a good book I will read hours a day.  When reading a so-so book maybe only an hour a day until I reach the point where I read to get thru the thing. 

The only time I read it in the cover is when standing it in the stand.  It is just too easy and convenient to read one handed without the cover.

I am very pleased with it.  So pleased that I bought another for my son.  An excellent device.  Kindles with front light are so nice to read with that when reading a printed book I find myself looking for a place to read with enough light. 

 

ShinyTop--

Thanks for your "semi-long term" assessment!  And thanks for reminding me that I meant to mention the little stand I use.

I'll add that to my OP.

Betsy

 

I think I'm close to a month.  Merlot, wifi only, purchased from Best Buy, still just called "Oasis".

First week or so I carried it around pretty much wherever I went.  Wanted to asses portability/usability while out and about. Since then, though, it's been my downstairs device. It lives next to my reading spot in the family room.  My Voyage is my upstairs device and moves from my bedroom to the office to the kitchen to my purse and is the device that goes out with me.

Buttons are nice, though I don't find that I care much one way or the other. The Voyage ones always worked fine for me and these do as well. The only physical button I REALLY want is for the Home screen. I have mostly had the bottom one as forward, but lately switched it just to see if it works better that way. I have 'em on the right or the left; I do flip it -- that's a nice feature. Thing is, I don't tend to actually HOLD it -- I lean it against my leg. Because the most comfortable way for me is with my hand open and it resting there like, well, a book.  That works great for the Voyage, but for the Oasis it's just a little too wide to work -- and the weight all ends up being at the outside. Sometimes I do flip it over and put the weight in my palm -- but then it's a backwards book and I have to fold the cover back and actually GRIP the thing, which is less comfortable for me. So, instead, I rest it on my leg, and then I end up turning pages with a touch anyway because it's just easier.

It has gotten laggy once or twice which was always fixed with a re-start. At least once it sort of spontaneously re-started -- or maybe I held the button too long. But, even so, the lagginess is in selecting a book or playing in collections. Once in a book, there's never been any issue with page turns. In the newspaper, it is sometime slow to go to the next article -- not page turns, but a swipe to go to the start of the next article. But, in general, it works exactly as advertised and as expected.

I've noticed no flaws in the screen or lighting whatsoever. Light is usually around 14, I think, and I use the 4th from smallest print size most often. WiFi always on. I've charged it maybe 4 times since I got it? Generally let it run to nearly dead and then charge it up, but if it's kinda low I might plug it in at night before I go up to bed.

I keep the cover on -- even when I start getting low battery warnings. It's not comfortable to hold with out it for me, and the cover folded back keeps it from sliding when I rest it on my knee. I have one of those little stands -- actually I have several tucked here and there -- but the resting on knee works best for me.

Bottom line: I'm glad I've got it. It's a fine device. It's definitely better than the PW in terms of weight, but I can't honestly say that, for me, it's better than the Voyage. It's lighter -- but not significantly, and the balance isn't ideal for me. I won't be returning it, though I did think about it. But I'd bought from Best Buy vs Amazon and didn't want to go through their system AND, I sold my PW back to Amazon for $50 and I do wan to have two eInk devices for redundency. All things, considered, though, especially considering the extra money, I would recommend the Voyage first if weight/size is the main consideration, and the PW if it's price. (Or the basic if it's REALLY price.) The Oasis is high end and top of the line, but for the dollar difference I think the Voyage gets the edge.

 

I think I'm close to a month. Merlot, wifi only, purchased from Best Buy, still just called "Oasis".

BUT...not quite there. Pretty sure you got yours more than three days after I got mine.

 

It has gotten laggy once or twice which was always fixed with a re-start. At least once it sort of spontaneously re-started -- or maybe I held the button too long. But, even so, the lagginess is in selecting a book or playing in collections. Once in a book, there's never been any issue with page turns. In the newspaper, it is sometime slow to go to the next article -- not page turns, but a swipe to go to the start of the next article. But, in general, it works exactly as advertised and as expected.

Yeah, on mine, even the page turns got slow. I probably wouldn't have worried about the lagginess otherwise. I'll add that to my OP so it's clear.

Betsy

 

thanks for all the nice write ups, great info!

 

I'm a couple of days short of a month, but I'll sneak in and hope the mods don't notice.

SCREEN--excellent. Because of gripes from sharp-eyed readers, I carefully ogled my Oasis when I first unboxed it, and if I held my mouth right and the Oasis close to my nearsighted eye, I could barely see faint small scallops along one edge. Since then, I haven't thought about them or noticed them at all. Screen is evenly lit. I couldn't tell you about color tints. I've never noticed, and certainly don't think about 'em when I read.

ERGONOMICS--I'm happy! I have actual physical buttons, which I'm satisfied with for the first time since my original K2. These buttons aren't as good as the K2, but they are very usable. I read one-handed nearly all the time, and do switch hands. Flipping the device over is mildly annoying but I'm getting used to it. I love the reduced weight! I've never used a stand for a Kindle, and don't plan to now.

DESIGN & OPERATION--I'm not as satisfied with the power switch location as I was on the voyage. On the other hand the way I hold this (gripping a bit tighter one-handed), I think I'd bump the power switch accidentally if it was in that former convenient location. The only glitch while operating has been that sometimes I have to hit the power switch more than once. I am not sure if I have a defective switch or I'm just clumsy, but probably the latter. I've never had any lagging or resetting issues.

BATTERY LIFE-- it is acceptable, though I wish the bare device had a little more juice. I have had one long evening of reading where I took the well-charged base unit down to 10%, was desperate to finish the book, so switched to reading with cover on. But usually the battery life is fine as long as I always replace the reader in the case when I'm done. The indicator on the reader is prone to making me think the device is more discharged than it is. A couple of times after reading for just a short time The device seems nearly half discharged. But when I replace it in the cover and look at percentages, the reader will be at 83% or so charge. The combination of reader and cover has excellent battery life, I made it through a nine-day trip without recharging.

READ WITH COVER ON?--I did this one time when the reader was almost discharged and I couldn't quit reading. The notion of deliberately reading with the cover on when not forced to strikes me as bizarre! I'd be more likely to read with a dumbbell in one hand than read with the cover on voluntarily. At least the dumbbell would give me some useful exercise! So I can't really speak to how well this works except to say that it was not intolerable. Glad many of the misguided fools people who do this are happy with the ability!

 

I'm a couple of days short of a month, but I'll sneak in and hope the mods don't notice.

Seeing as how ONE of the mods set such a bad example.......

 

Love my Oasis but found some unusual things:

I keep losing my location and progress % under "reading progress". I set in and it holds for awhile, but then I find the bottom of the page blank again, even in the same book I changed it 100 pages ago.

Once in awhile as my hand approaches the forward button, the page will flip forward without my touching the screen or the button. I think this may have to do with a slight static electricity charge in my finger. At first I thought I must have touched the screen by accident, but after studying it I'm sure that is not the case.

Neither of these are a big deal, but they are unusual.

Steve

 

Love my Oasis but found some unusual things:

I keep losing my location and progress % under "reading progress". I set in and it holds for awhile, but then I find the bottom of the page blank again, even in the same book I changed it 100 pages ago.

Once in awhile as my hand approaches the forward button, the page will flip forward without my touching the screen or the button. I think this may have to do with a slight static electricity charge in my finger. At first I thought I must have touched the screen by accident, but after studying it I'm sure that is not the case.

Neither of these are a big deal, but they are unusual.

Steve

I'm experiencing the same thing with the reading progress indicator. I think it's happening when I go to the home screen or settings. When I come back into the book it seems to disappear or change my preference. Annoying but not a deal breaker.

 

I'm experiencing the same thing with the reading progress indicator. I think it's happening when I go to the home screen or settings. When I come back into the book it seems to disappear or change my preference. Annoying but not a deal breaker.

I've had that happen, too, now that y'all mention it. I'm going to keep an eye on it and see if I can figure out when it's happening...

Betsy

 

I've had that happen, too, now that y'all mention it. I'm going to keep an eye on it and see if I can figure out when it's happening...

Betsy

I've had it happen as well . . . I've always assumed that I accidentally touched that corner. The real annoyance is that if it goes blank, I have trouble getting it back to what I want, which is time in chapter. I have to go through the menu as it stops toggling with a touch there.

And, you'll note, I said it was close to a month . . . mine was delivered on May 2 -- so it's been 4 weeks. If it was February it WOULD be a month.

 

And, you'll note, I said it was close to a month . . . mine was delivered on May 2 -- so it's been 4 weeks. If it was February it WOULD be a month.

But, it's NOT Feb and it's NOT been a month! And look, you also led Claw astray!!!

Yeah, I assumed I'd touched a corner, too, and find it hard to reset. I'm going to try to keep an eye on it.

Betsy

 

My Voyage loses my reading progress preference setting all the time (I like time left in book). I've always assumed I'm accidentally touching that corner in a way to flip it. Of course I have trouble changing it on purpose to put it back.

 

But, it's NOT Feb and it's NOT been a month! And look, you also led Claw astray!!!

Yes, I am a good little boy led astray by evil companions! Not my fault at all!

 

Yes, I am a good little boy led astray by evil companions! Not my fault at all!

I know, Claw *sadly*

 

My Voyage loses my reading progress preference setting all the time (I like time left in book). I've always assumed I'm accidentally touching that corner in a way to flip it. Of course I have trouble changing it on purpose to put it back.

See, and I've never lost it with the Voyage. Maybe it's to do with how I hold it?

Yes, I am a good little boy led astray by evil companions! Not my fault at all!

Pay no attention to Betsy and her . . . . .

 

The reading progress indicator on the Oasis doesn't change by touching the corner or at least it doesn't for me. I was going to settings or the Home screen while reading a book and it seems like if you leave the book to do something else and then return it looses the setting. At least that is what I've noticed so far. I've been reading a book and not leaving it and the setting has stuck so far.

 

The reading progress indicator on the Oasis doesn't change by touching the corner or at least it doesn't for me. I was going to settings or the Home screen while reading a book and it seems like if you leave the book to do something else and then return it looses the setting. At least that is what I've noticed so far. I've been reading a book and not leaving it and the setting has stuck so far.

I've been able to change it by touching the corner, but it seems like you have to do it just right. And, as I noted earlier, if it's showing nothing, I have a really hard time getting it to toggle off that.

Sometimes I leave the book open when I put the device down, and sometimes go back to home, or have switched to another book. I've not noticed any correlation between when I lose my preferred progress indicator and when it sticks. Mostly, it sticks.

 

My Voyage loses my reading progress preference setting all the time (I like time left in book). I've always assumed I'm accidentally touching that corner in a way to flip it. Of course I have trouble changing it on purpose to put it back.

I've only had my oasis for slightly over one week but am sneaking in to say that in a week's time I've lost my reading progress preference at least half a dozen times! Not a really big deal to reset it but it is a little curious. Somehow reassuring to know that it may not be my fault!

 

never mind. Nothing to see.

Apparently I am too early for the rules 

 

None of you people can follow the rules. 

Betsy

 

None of you people can follow the rules.

Betsy

Rules, rules - what are they?

Steve

 

I keep losing my location and progress % under "reading progress". I set in and it holds for awhile, but then I find the bottom of the page blank again, even in the same book I changed it 100 pages ago.

I am having the same problem. It is annoying, but not something I am going to complain to Amazon about.

 

Rules, rules - what are they?

Steve

They're for other people!