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To: Uncle Frank who wrote (2343)	3/16/2000 10:05:00 AM
From: HowardRoarke	Respond to of 6516

shop.barnesandnoble.com Reviews entertaining ebook reviews...A few marketing suggestions mixed in. howard

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (2343)	3/16/2000 10:08:00 AM
From: arjan bok	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6516

Can you comment on display clarity, battery life, font size (adjustable?), and breadth of books available? The display is very similar in appearance to a palmpilot However it is substantially larger I guess without a tape measure handy about 3.5"x5.5" and it is very readable especially in dimmer light situations when using the back lighting (5 brightness levels).You can also change the orientation of the text four ways to allow left and right handed people to easily touch the buttons It is my understanding that several of the designers of the Rocet e book have also been on the Palmpilot team.They also use the same touchscreen technology on the e-book. The unit has two fonts sizes witch you can swap back and forth the smaller type looks like about 8 point and the larger 12 or 14 point. The amount of books available is unfortunately not that great yet but seems to be growing rapidly. The way my wife uses it with a fairly bright backlight the batteries probably last about 8 hours.