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Old 06-01-2009, 06:24 PM   #16
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Robert, you do know that because fry's won't ship the EZ Reader, you are losing lots of sales in the US. Will they ship this 5" device or will you lose sales because of frys once again?

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Also, Sony does give a perfectly good case with their readers.
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Please pardon me if you've answered this on other threads but I have a few questions about features. Does it support the following:

-Folders/Tags or some sort of content organization beyond simple sorting.
-Content search.
-Dictionary lookup.

Thanks. At any rate it's nice to see low-priced options that will read ADE. It helps people take advantage of library resources.
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How long has the EX Reader Basic been out, exactly? Your own site calls it "New" ....
We started selling the EZ Reader Basic about six months ago on our own website. If memory serves me, however, FRY's Electronics picked it up three months ago (they were the first retailer) and it really hit their stores about 9 weeks ago. SO... it is still pretty new and up-to-date. To the majority of the public it has been out two-three months.
I see.

Sorry, I don't mean to pick nits, but in light of the shortness of the time-frames involved, six months and three months, the claims about reliability strike me as a bit ... let's go with "premature" -- that is, unless you've sold really huge numbers of them, both directly and through Fry's, in that time ....
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What is the actual width and height of the screen's document viewing area in pixels and in cm or inches?

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What is the actual width and height of the screen's document viewing area in pixels and in cm or inches?

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Like all of the other 5" E-Ink devices, 3" x 4", 600x800 pixels.
By comparison the jetbook is 480x640 pixels.
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Hey Robertb,

To be honest this morning I was pretty much settled on the sony prs-505 and was just waiting to purchase until I could get the blue one in canada. However this post has got me thinking all over again. The 5" pocket pro sounds like a very versatile reader. And if it's going to be a bit until I actually order a reader I think I am going to have to follow your updates more closely. I have only a few quick questions.
1. Will you ship to Canada? (most important)
2. Do you expect to be shipping units by August? (my wife has been hinting a reader may be my anniversary gift)
3. And do you know what file formats it will support yet? (sorry if this was stated but I didn't see it anywhere.)

Thanks again and I can't wait until you get your site up and running
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Dear All:

I am really pleased that you are as excited as I am about this Pocket PRO. BUT... it just got BETTER!!

I just saw the first specs and the surprises are great!!

READ my blog today: robertbEZ.blogspot.com
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I am really pleased that you are as excited as I am about this Pocket PRO. BUT... it just got BETTER!!
How could it get better? Does it also make julienne fries?
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dont forget vegans and vegetarians - you can please us and get us on board with your brand by making non leather cases - and save money for yourselves!


a nice range of colours in some other material would be awesome.
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Wow!

8 levels of grey scale!!
Super-Fast Epson Controller
800 by 600 pixels. Displays both vertically and horizontally!
User-replace rechargeable battery - Li-ion 1000mAh.
SD card slot supports 16GB!
512MB SD RAM embedded
It stores and plays MP3 with a WORKING equalizer
It comes ported with Adobe Digital Editions!!
You can add Fictionwise eReader when the SDK is done.

It supports: txt, pdf, doc, chm, wol, rar, zip, jpg, bmp, tiff, fb2, djvu, gif, epub, html, ppt, prc, pdb, MP3.

Offered in 6 colors: black, tanish white, lime green, slate blue, brown maroon, and a violet (pink and purple).

It takes a while to do 6 color samples, get them approved, and then go into plastic production. Release is estimated in two months. Pre-order waiting list in about 6 weeks.

Price will be between $199 and $209 (sometimes on sale and sometimes not).

Includes a quality LEATHER Crush-Resistant case, ear buds, AC charger, wrist leash, and USB cable.
Wow, so, lemme understand this. RAR and ZIP means CBR and CBZ, correct?
What about user-created folder support? If not, would this be available in a future ... upgrade thingy? (brian malfunction, someone cast Mindtrip on me)
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cbz and cbr support is a feature so sweet i've never allowed myself to dream of it - good for manga on a small reader or any graphic novels on a large one
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cbz and cbr support is a feature so sweet i've never allowed myself to dream of it - good for manga on a small reader or any graphic novels on a large one
I think that's what CBR and CBZ is.

CBR = Comic RAR
CBZ = Comic ZIP

But I am not sure. If anyone knows for sure, I'd like some verification.
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With an even smaller screen, most comics are not going to be all that readable when the pages are reduced down to the screen size.
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I think that's what CBR and CBZ is.

CBR = Comic RAR
CBZ = Comic ZIP

But I am not sure. If anyone knows for sure, I'd like some verification.
Yes .
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Good to know that I'm not TOTALLY nuts.

Although Technically, I think it's Comic BOOK Rar and Zip, respectively.
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