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dwynia · 12-04-2007, 05:52 PM

I've had four of these or its predecessor. The first was the Frankin Rocket eBook (had to be in '93 or '94) and I LOVE the darn things. Backlit so I can read at night without waking up the wife unit and I still have the old software so I can convert docs to the .rb format. Life is good.

The first was $300 and I was able to pick up the others very inexpensively. One as a display model at <shudder> Best Buy. The others at $50 from ebay. If the eInk machines weren't out, I'd snatch another one or two. But eInk is here so I think I'll have to spring for a Kindle.

12-04-2007, 05:52 PM	#2
dwynia Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2006 Device: Rocket eBook, Clie	I've had four of these or its predecessor. The first was the Frankin Rocket eBook (had to be in '93 or '94) and I LOVE the darn things. Backlit so I can read at night without waking up the wife unit and I still have the old software so I can convert docs to the .rb format. Life is good. The first was $300 and I was able to pick up the others very inexpensively. One as a display model at <shudder> Best Buy. The others at $50 from ebay. If the eInk machines weren't out, I'd snatch another one or two. But eInk is here so I think I'll have to spring for a Kindle.