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Zerotown · 04-02-2010, 05:16 AM

I've been asking myself the same question: which device is (or will) be better? I've been trying to unearth the technical specs for the Samsung E60, but haven't been entirely succesfull. Here's a quick list of items though:

Pros of the Samsung E60

It looks pretty slick, with that slide-mechanism-thingy
The video's show a good responsetime when navigating through pages and drawing with the stylus.
(Potential: the 'Emo-link'-functionality, whatever it may be )

Cons of the Samsung E60, compared to the BeBook Neo/Onyx Boox

PDF-wise, it only supports the PDF/A-subset of that filetype. (A PDF format mainly used for long-term archival of documents, in wich fonts are already embedded).
It doesn't support MS-Word files. (I understand the Boox will, using the to be released 1.5-version of it's firmware. I guess the Neo will integrate this functionalty as well).
It supports 8 levels of gray-scale, whereas the Neo/Boox can use 16.
It has a relatively short battery life. (Neo/Boox have a 8000-page load).

04-02-2010, 05:16 AM	#3
Zerotown Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: The semi-great city of Arnhem, located deep in the Netherlands Device: Onyx Boox 60	I've been asking myself the same question: which device is (or will) be better? I've been trying to unearth the technical specs for the Samsung E60, but haven't been entirely succesfull. Here's a quick list of items though: Pros of the Samsung E60 It looks pretty slick, with that slide-mechanism-thingy The video's show a good responsetime when navigating through pages and drawing with the stylus. (Potential: the 'Emo-link'-functionality, whatever it may be ) Cons of the Samsung E60, compared to the BeBook Neo/Onyx Boox PDF-wise, it only supports the PDF/A-subset of that filetype. (A PDF format mainly used for long-term archival of documents, in wich fonts are already embedded). It doesn't support MS-Word files. (I understand the Boox will, using the to be released 1.5-version of it's firmware. I guess the Neo will integrate this functionalty as well). It supports 8 levels of gray-scale, whereas the Neo/Boox can use 16. It has a relatively short battery life. (Neo/Boox have a 8000-page load).