2011/2/17 Amichai Rotman <amic...@iglu.org.il>: > Hi all, > Just wanted to share my experience with this little device... > As some of you know, I asked which one should I buy: Amazon Kindle or this > one. I am glad I have bought this one. It's all I need! > I have 130 books on the internal 1.2GB memory and I still have lots of > space. > I bought it so I can carry around all those 1000+ pages technical books. > Pros: > > Runs Linux! > Small size. > Light weight. > Lots of space (can work with an MicroSD card, up to 32GB). > Supports Hebrew (none of the other readers out there do). > Long battery life. > Cons: > e-vrit eshop: > Very uncomfortable to browse the e-vrit website and shop for books (Both > from the desktop and from the device). While browsing from the device, it > opens a page on the local FS that asks you to follow a link to enter the > online shop. This page comes up after connecting to the WiFi network, so > they could easily take you there directly after the connection was made... > You cannot search for books by author, and if you find an author you like, > it is not possible to "click the name to access all the books available by > that author. This is true for both the device and the desktop sites. > Note: The site accessible from the device is maintained by Newpan and the > site accessible from the desktop is maintained by Steimazky.... > A small number of books are available on the shop. No Sci-Fi books at all. > No old books (those books I bought as a kid and are out of print are great > candidates for this format). > When listening to MP3 files - even with the volume all the way up, it was > too low to hear in a noisy environment. Granted - I only tested Podcasts, > not music. > Slow response while switching between books and display modes (full screen, > back to the main menu). flipping pages work fast, though. > Terrible for photos / pictures. Too dark, no colors and slow. The books' > covers and in-book diagrams and line art look great! > User Experience: > As I mentioned, I am very happy with the device. It is very light and under > the right lighting conditions it is very clear and fun to read from. Using > it under the sun was even better than under florescent light. > I downloaded a sample book from the Barns & Noble site (what they call a > 'NookBook) and transfered it to the device directly (an .epub file) - and > begun reading immediately! no DRM, no conversion - out of the download! I > called their Customer Support (voice - I needed to hear it) and asked if it > is because it's a sample. the representative said the sample is technically > the same as the full book! > Over the course of the last three years I've read very few books, mostly > technical books by the computer, but since I've bought this device I have > read more than 70 pages of a Hebrew thriller, and a few pages of some > technical books and got the epub version of a 1500 page book I was wondering > how to carry around with me... > Conclusion: > Very good buy for those of you who need the Hebrew support. Not very > expensive. No dual display. No color display - but perfect for reading > books! > I hope I helped someone out there to reach a decision... > Amichai. >
Thanks for the info, I was contemplating this device just yesterday. Tell me, how does it handle PDF files in Hebrew? In English? Images in PDF files? Also, I often highlight text in books: yes, I'm that bad! I even fold the pages to make bookmarks? Does this device support highlighting in PDF documents? Bookmarks in PDF documents? Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
