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Subject: Re: [LML] Reader Plates
From: Dan Ballin <dballin@gmail.com>
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Looks pretty cool.  I assume it is sort of like the Kindle.  It would be
nice if they make the reader with wifi, but I guess you would always have a
laptop as well.

Dan



On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 6:04 AM, Douglas Brunner <
douglasbrunner@earthlink.net> wrote:

>  I have been searching for a while for a good solution for approach
> plates.  I think I have found it.
>
> My wife and I travel cross country quite a bit.  We used to purchase all
> the paper plates for all the states we were going to fly over. This gave
> us a big stack of paper at a not insignificant cost.  It was not convenient
> to store the plates in the back of a Legacy and to reach around to find the
> proper book at the proper time.  And sometimes there was a mad dash to rush
> order the proper plates just days before our trip.
>
> I tried Pocket Plates on an iPaq and although the software was good, I
> didn't like the screen size.  I was contemplating getting a tablet PC, but
> with a solid state drive and a daylight readable screen these are not
> cheap.  They are also fairly bulky.
>
> I came across ReaderPlates (http://www.readerplates.com/) which seemed
> like a good idea and got a demo from the owner, John Lemberger at Sun n
> Fun.  I ended up purchasing the Sony Reader (PRS-505) for $270 and the
> software for $9.99 per month.
>
> John gave me considerable help setting up my system (needed because of a
> strangely formatted 8 GB SD card I had put in it) and it is now running
> well.  The reader is small, light and daylight viewable.  I am going to try
> to put my checklists on it and as a bonus, I can always use it as a book
> reader.
>
> D. Brunner
>

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Looks pretty cool.=A0 I assume it is sort of like the Kindle.=A0 It would b=
e nice if they make the reader with wifi, but I guess you would always have=
 a laptop as well.<br><br>Dan<br><br><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On =
Tue, May 5, 2009 at 6:04 AM, Douglas Brunner <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:douglasbrunner@earthlink.net">douglasbrunner@earthlink.net</a>&g=
t;</span> wrote:<br>
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204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">





<div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff">
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">I have been searching for a while for =
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<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">My wife and I travel cross country qui=
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bit.=A0 We used to purchase all the paper plates for all the states we were=
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going to fly over.=A0This gave us=A0a big stack of paper at a not=20
insignificant cost.=A0=A0It was not convenient to=A0store the plates in=20
the back of=A0a Legacy and to reach around to find the proper book at the=
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proper time.=A0 And sometimes there was=A0a mad dash to rush order the=20
proper plates just=A0days before=A0our trip.</font></div>
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<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">I tried Pocket Plates on an iPaq and a=
lthough the=20
software was good,=A0I didn&#39;t like the screen size.=A0 I was contemplat=
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getting a tablet PC, but with a solid state drive and a daylight readable s=
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<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">I came across ReaderPlates (<a href=3D=
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m/</a>) which=20
seemed like a good idea and got a demo from the owner, John Lemberger at Su=
n n=20
Fun.=A0 I ended up purchasing the Sony Reader (PRS-505) for $270=A0and the=
=20
software for=A0$9.99 per month.</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">John gave me considerable help setting=
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(needed because of a strangely formatted 8 GB SD card I had put in it) and =
it is=20
now running well.=A0 The reader is small, light and daylight viewable.=A0=
=20
I am going to try to put my checklists on it and as a bonus, I can always u=
se it=20
as a book reader.</font></div>
<div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><br>D. Brunner</font></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br>

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