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$400? - I had enough trouble justifying an xbox 360 purchase... couldn't you just do the same thing with an iphone (or one of its knockoffs)?


You can but

a) Smaller screen b) E-Ink displays are much easier on the eyes (no strain)

Still, 400 for a box that won't even let me read my PDFs or blogs that I can read for free. No thank you, I'll continue using my 12 inch laptop (eye straining as it is).


I read books (PDFs) on my iPhone these days. It's excellent and the resolution is amazing. Like you said, no PDF support is a dealbreaker.


That's cool. I am curious how much of a page fits on the screen at once? 100%, 75%, 50% ? In other words how many times do you have to scroll to make it through a page.


Depends on the PDF but you'd be amazed how high-rez iPhone's screen is... I really like reading on it.




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