I have a SmartQ V7, however is it worth it to get a e-ink device! Mostly used for man

Renji · 03-27-2010, 10:18 AM

Hi,
I have a SmartQ V7 however am interested in investing in an e-ink device. I will mostly use this for reading Mangas however I do love to read books too. Most of my ebooks are either pdf, lit, doc or txt. My mangas are in either rar, zip, cbr or cbz. I want to know in peoples opinion if there is a good e-ink device for reading manga yet.

The main reason I want to change is e-ink devices tend to have great battery life that normally last for a day where as my SmartQ last for 6 hours. It's good on normal days however when travelling or on holidays I would want something that I don't want to have to constantly be worrying about battery life dying.

Hope to hear poples input please.

Thanks agian
Renji

Logseman · 04-05-2010, 09:46 PM

Large screen is a must, but you don't have to get a monster like a Que or a Skiff. I've seen people happy with reading in 6 inches but I am not convinced. Probably an iRex device (iLiad, 800 or 1000) would fit your needs. You can wait some months though, since cheaper 9 inch readers (Hanlin and Pocketbook) are due to appear this summer.

However, you'd do a good thing if you started converting your manga. I'm afraid Cbr and Cbz are still a bit out of firmware's possibilities. I'd recommend you a certain little program for converting them to ePub.

Renji · 04-06-2010, 12:23 PM

Thanks

03-27-2010, 10:18 AM	#1
Renji Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: iRiver Cover Story WiFi, Sony PRS-T1	Have a SmartQV7, is it worth it to get a e-ink device! Mostly used for manga Hi, I have a SmartQ V7 however am interested in investing in an e-ink device. I will mostly use this for reading Mangas however I do love to read books too. Most of my ebooks are either pdf, lit, doc or txt. My mangas are in either rar, zip, cbr or cbz. I want to know in peoples opinion if there is a good e-ink device for reading manga yet. The main reason I want to change is e-ink devices tend to have great battery life that normally last for a day where as my SmartQ last for 6 hours. It's good on normal days however when travelling or on holidays I would want something that I don't want to have to constantly be worrying about battery life dying. Hope to hear poples input please. Thanks agian Renji Last edited by Renji; 03-27-2010 at 11:18 AM. Reason: title

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04-05-2010, 09:46 PM	#2
Logseman Orisa Posts: 2,000 Karma: 1035571 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ireland Device: Onyx Poke 5	Large screen is a must, but you don't have to get a monster like a Que or a Skiff. I've seen people happy with reading in 6 inches but I am not convinced. Probably an iRex device (iLiad, 800 or 1000) would fit your needs. You can wait some months though, since cheaper 9 inch readers (Hanlin and Pocketbook) are due to appear this summer. However, you'd do a good thing if you started converting your manga. I'm afraid Cbr and Cbz are still a bit out of firmware's possibilities. I'd recommend you a certain little program for converting them to ePub.

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Renji Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: iRiver Cover Story WiFi, Sony PRS-T1	Thanks

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