Specs of Bookeen Cybook E-Ink reader - Page 5

JSWolf · 06-21-2007, 02:00 PM

I'm right handed and I hold the Reader with my left hand in a similar way. But I find it more comfortable to have the bottom edge not hitting my palm. And that makes my thumb higher then the buttons.

yvanleterrible · 06-21-2007, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I'm right handed and I hold the Reader with my left hand in a similar way. But I find it more comfortable to have the bottom edge not hitting my palm. And that makes my thumb higher then the buttons.

Me too. Even a lefty has always turned pages with the right hand, it's the direction we read, why change that? You leave the right hand for taking notes?The two little buttons should have right side twins!

I really wish for a tiny remote pair of buttons with a magnet that we could reposition anywhere.

nekokami · 06-21-2007, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

I really wish for a tiny remote pair of buttons with a magnet that we could reposition anywhere.

Not me, I'd lose 'em, first thing.

I like the rocker bar on the iLiad. It's easier than reading a paperback one-handed, anyway. Not as easy as the eBw 1150 was, though (you could swap the forward/back buttons or flip 180 degrees).

BTW, chimps are stronger than humans.

NatCh · 06-21-2007, 02:30 PM

I've described elsewhere how I use a wrist lanyard to solve this for me before. Perhaps it might be helpful for you too, JSWolf?

yvanleterrible · 06-21-2007, 02:33 PM

Never found a big enough lanyard. The ones I have pirated from that collection of cameras are barely big enough to fit hands through.

NatCh · 06-21-2007, 04:10 PM

I had similar problems too, I finally took one apart and resized it.

HarryT · 06-23-2007, 05:38 AM

A question re the new CyBook. I've seen people mention here a user-replacable battery. What makes people believe that this will be the case? The spec on the Bookeen web site simply says:

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Battery:
Rechargeable built-in Li-Polymer battery (800mAh)
8000 page flips battery life

I can find no mention of it being replaceable!

athlonkmf · 06-23-2007, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

A question re the new CyBook. I've seen people mention here a user-replacable battery. What makes people believe that this will be the case? The spec on the Bookeen web site simply says:

I can find no mention of it being replaceable!

It's the "batteries included" sentence in the weight section

Weight:

6.13 ounces -174 g
battery included

HarryT · 06-23-2007, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by athlonkmf

It's the "batteries included" sentence in the weight section

Weight:

6.13 ounces -174 g
battery included

I rather suspect that's nothing more than a "hangover" from the specs of the previous CyBook, which did have a removeable battery. The fact that the spec says that the battery is "Built-in" makes me believe that it will not be user-replacable. We shall see.

NatCh · 06-23-2007, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

A question re the new CyBook. I've seen people mention here a user-replacable battery. What makes people believe that this will be the case?

The STAReREAD has a removable battery, and it's Bookeen hardware. But you're right, other than that allusion to weight with battery, we don't have any specific statement that the battery is removable on this version. The two bits together are persuasive, but not conclusive.

I think Hadrien said he'd seen one of these units, maybe he noticed whether there was a battery hatch or not ...?

HarryT · 06-23-2007, 11:02 AM

I'm going to order one as soon as Bookeen tell me that I can (I'm on their mailing list), so we'll see!

NatCh · 06-23-2007, 11:20 AM

We may see sooner, I think the NAEB folks are supposed to get their samples shortly.

HarryT · 06-23-2007, 12:01 PM

NAEB? Sorry, that's an acronym I'm not familiar with.

yvanleterrible · 06-23-2007, 12:08 PM

The group purchase people at BAEN books.

NatCh · 06-23-2007, 01:41 PM

Weeeell, they're not technically part of Baen, they just organized themselves on Baen's forum, since they were all hanging out there anyway.

Their website is here, and they have an MR thread with some discussion of their reader here.

06-21-2007, 02:30 PM	#64
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,605 Karma: 926222 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Nook STGR	I've described elsewhere how I use a wrist lanyard to solve this for me before. Perhaps it might be helpful for you too, JSWolf? __________________ ΨΦ! "Torg, why do you have emergency pants?" -- Riff

06-21-2007, 04:10 PM	#66
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,605 Karma: 926222 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Nook STGR	I had similar problems too, I finally took one apart and resized it. __________________ ΨΦ! "Torg, why do you have emergency pants?" -- Riff

06-23-2007, 11:02 AM	#71
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 54,664 Karma: 26165759 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	I'm going to order one as soon as Bookeen tell me that I can (I'm on their mailing list), so we'll see! __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

06-23-2007, 11:20 AM	#72
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,605 Karma: 926222 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Nook STGR	We may see sooner, I think the NAEB folks are supposed to get their samples shortly. __________________ ΨΦ! "Torg, why do you have emergency pants?" -- Riff

06-23-2007, 12:01 PM	#73
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 54,664 Karma: 26165759 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	NAEB? Sorry, that's an acronym I'm not familiar with. __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

06-21-2007, 02:00 PM	#61
JSWolf Mobile Reader Geek Posts: 34,225 Karma: 13801376 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Sony Reader PRS-650, iPad	I'm right handed and I hold the Reader with my left hand in a similar way. But I find it more comfortable to have the bottom edge not hitting my palm. And that makes my thumb higher then the buttons.

06-21-2007, 02:33 PM	#65
yvanleterrible When books can fly! Posts: 8,415 Karma: 3048822 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: Kobo Mini in my lunchbox.	Never found a big enough lanyard. The ones I have pirated from that collection of cameras are barely big enough to fit hands through.

06-23-2007, 12:08 PM	#74
yvanleterrible When books can fly! Posts: 8,415 Karma: 3048822 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: Kobo Mini in my lunchbox.	The group purchase people at BAEN books.

06-23-2007, 01:41 PM	#75
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,605 Karma: 926222 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Nook STGR	Weeeell, they're not technically part of Baen, they just organized themselves on Baen's forum, since they were all hanging out there anyway. Their website is here, and they have an MR thread with some discussion of their reader here. __________________ ΨΦ! "Torg, why do you have emergency pants?" -- Riff

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