[Panta rhei]

Hi folks!
I just bought the Cybook Opus for 100€ from Hugendubel Germany, and while that is almost a reasonable price, I think I'll send it back anyway.

Here is my criticism:
- format issues in .txt and .html files - keeps displaying (not even very special) characters like ' (or maybe ´ ) wrong and I don't want to edit all the files -> this is a knock-out criterion for the device (is this solved in 2.1? I got 1.9)
- no history/ last read books functionality (I tend to read multiple books at a time and want to keep many on the device -> endless clicking every time I change books)
- very slow and not useful for .pdf (ok I knew that)
- form factor too small as main reading device
- black/ white flashing bothers me more than I thought
- file navigation is suboptimal
- sometimes unstable/ forgets settings
- no USB 2.0 (slow file transfer)
- file system issues (read/ write errors) - i guess not every Opus has this error

Here's what I love:
- changable fonts for certain file types - I absolutely love it! This seems to be uncommon - why don't all ereader have this feature? Just copy the .ttf files to the device and you can use the font - so amazing.
- lightweight

So I guess after this short trial I'll skip the eInk devices altogether and wait some more for a bigger Pixel Chi or Mirasol tablet or netvertible, because I want to read PDFs without conversion (magazines...). And I want to surf the web and so on, which means I would have bought one of these anyway and the Opus would then lie in some drawer... and so I will send it back.

To be honest, I think next year the era of eInk pure reading devices will be over (if the new display types deliver what they claim).

Andre.