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04-11-2012, 03:04 PM | #32 |
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Thanks @troll05. I was about to ask you for your impressions after using it for a while, but you beat me to it. Too bad it isn't being sold in North America, as it sounds like a device I would be happy to read with and hack on.
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05-07-2012, 11:30 AM | #33 |
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Hi, troll05! Thanks for the review. I have several questions about the PB 622 (almost embarrassed that there are so many ). As i posted here https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=177255, i am very interested in this reader and since i am not able to try any device, i have to ask for the max feedback. Hope my questions may help others when trying to decide which device to buy.
a) can you download books stored in dropbox with the reader? b) is the internet navigation similar to the one shown in the reviews of the T1? Can you see your email, facebook, etc? c) assuming you have seen some videos of other readers (the ones i am more interested are the T1 and the Kindle Touch), do you feel the PB 622 is the best? d) does the reader refresh at every page-turning or does it have the option to do a partial refresh and a full refresh at every 6 (or something) pages? e) does it have ghosting issues? f) can we delete books directly on the device? And are we able to sort the list by collections (for example by: authors, genre, series,...)? Is it possible to create collections on the device, add/remove books to/from these collections? g) you have the reader for some time now. Some features were enhanced since your review; are there still things that should be improved in your opinion? If so, what? h) everyone says that Amazon is the best in terms of customer service; probably it is, but is Pocketbook far behind? I've seen some users claiming they weren't getting answers from the PB cs, but this complaints were made several months ago. Would you consider that PB's cs is more like Amazon or more like Sony? This in terms of software updates, firmware updates, help with troubleshooting, repair... Hope i have not bored you to death and that you find me worthy of your help. |
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Whoaaa, lot of questions, I'll try to answer to my best ability
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The audio player is quite primitive but I rarely use it. They started a shopping system with Obreey some time ago, and if this is finished there might be something comparable to Amazon with purchase and reading-progress synchronization on different devices, but it's far from complete by now and the range of books is presently very limited Quote:
Speaking for Germany support is fantastic although sometimes a little bit chaotic, it can happen that mails get lost or the left hand not knowing what the right hand does, but if you get on their nerves once in a while they do a very customer friendly job. Software support for the older models 301/302 has been suspended by now, but the pro series and the newline get new FW in irregular intervals Quote:
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Currently i am waiting for an answer from Pixmania (you might know the store). There's a showroom near where i live and i need to know if, in case the reader has a problem within the warranty time, i can leave in the showroom and have them send it to the repair center - wherever it is. I'm not confortable with sending it myself and have to pay for it... Once i have that answer, i'll be waiting for the black version to be available. Hopefully not too long; the white one is supposed to be available on the 11th - but i'm not putting my money on it My mind is almost set up towards the PB. Thanks very very much for your help, troll05. You have been the most helpfull source i have found about this device. Although the Sony interface is my favourite, this seems to be the best choice (also considering the Kindle). |
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05-08-2012, 02:57 PM | #36 |
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With nearly every reader that suports Adobe DRM and has a WiFi connection you can download books from any shop of your choice, be it Kobo, Obreey, Thalia...
Only this sync-function will only work with books bought in the Obreey store, I guess. With Calibre you can attach "tags" to your books which will show up as "genre" on the reader, that is the closest thing to the Kindle collections as far as I know, you can also build a folder structure how books are stored on the reader. Not always self-explaining, but the guys from the Calibre forum are always very helpful. TTS is a nice to have and doesn't sound too bad, but if I want to have a book read to me I definiterly prefer a proper audiobook (which is seldom enough) For support you can ask Forkosigan who is very active in the german part of this forum and also responsible for technical support as a PB employee here in Germany. He speaks english and I'm sure he will give you some tips regarding support in Portugal. There was a big review in a german blog today with many and very good screenshots, maybe you want to have look at it and have it translated with google KLICK |
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05-08-2012, 06:24 PM | #38 |
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@troll05:
Thank's for all the tips. I have been following your review in the german forum too with the help of google translator. But it get's really confusing Next, off to see the link you mentioned @paola: Thank you for sharing your experience, both with dropbox and greenreader. I have seen the store but the prices are too high. With shipment costs it gets to £159,00. Converting to euros it's €197,56. It's too much. I can buy (the white one) in Pixmania for €168,00 (including shipment). But i really would prefer the black version. Well, let's see how it goes within the next weeks. Edit: the link that troll05 inserted above is very helpful. Thank's once again! Last edited by Raindrop; 05-08-2012 at 06:46 PM. |
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A good review on a french website:
http://www.lesnumeriques.com/ebook/p...2949/test.html And Tuff-Luv already has cases for the PB 622. Check them out here Last edited by Raindrop; 05-10-2012 at 11:03 AM. Reason: missing link |
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Do you think of a kind of "copy/paste" function for text elements? In this case no, and also annotations and markings are not completely implemented as a part of the PDF (or a new file) but saved somewhere else. How to make an annotated PDF file on your computer from these different files I don't know
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You can take notes either in PDF or EPUB and they are saved linked to the book/document and also show up in the TOC but they are saved as single files on the device (AFAIk scribble notes, but no clue which format and what they look like)
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It looks like only Onyx has implemented exporting notes into a usable format. Thank you for clarifying Troll.
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11-20-2012, 07:15 AM | #45 |
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Pdf reading
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do you think is a good device to read pdf ? In your opinion is better than the PB 912 to read pdf ? |
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