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To: Mike Buckley who wrote (2393)3/18/2000 3:20:00 PM
From: pompsander  Read Replies (1) of 6516
 
Mike: Welcome to the Gem* thread. I have now had three days with my Rocket e-book pro and I can echo many of Rocketman's pros and cons. I can see how future versions could be a little more "touch friendly" on button positions, but overall it is a fine product. I have downloaded about six very inexpensive books from BN. I now have the Stephen King short story, Conrad's Heart of Darkness, the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and a cookbook. Total cost......$12.00. I took the dog for a walk to a park near our home last night. We have an off-leash area there. It was too dark to do anything except stand around...unless you have your e-book with you. I was standing there playing with it and about ten people wandered up to check it out. It is great to have something like this when you are just standing around...dog gets her exercise, I get a little entertainment.

By the way, the cookbook on an e-book is very cool. I just propped up the e-book's cradle next to the stove and read off the recipe while using both hands to handle ingredients. Much easier than a regular, large cookbook. Because you can make the print size quite large, it makes reading from a distance much easier.

I have no doubt that by the time my fifteen year old daughter is in college she will carry many of her textbooks on a device like this.

Go Henry.
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