[giltbrook]

Hello ABB, no mains charger comes with the Samsung E65. It does come with the linked USB cable that you refer to, and I have used it with just one USB cable plugged in, (the main thick one), to transfer data, and it has charged at the same time. I think the Which report was hinting that it had been charged with just one cable. It does state in the instruction book "Whilst charging the device, connect the secondary power connector to prevent damage to the device", but it does not say to connect both whilst transferring data, and as it seems to charge whilst transfering data, then it could be argued that the instructions are vague, but if you have a male to female USB cable, you could comply with the charging instructions by using that.

This is my first device of this type, so I have nothing to compare it with, I was disappointed at first, mainly because of no mention of the micro SD card slot (I thought it did not have one and was going to take it back), but I found it in the battery compartment. The micro SD card, when inserted, shows up as a drive on the PC. The E65 automatically adds folders to this drive named 'Books', and 'Notes' and the Micro SD card is accessed from the 'Home' screen on the device via the 'Music' folder, with extra music files being stored on the root of the SD card and book files being stored in the SD Books folder, which then show up in the main Books menu, but none of this is mentioned in the instructions. Also, there was no Calibre support, but I have now sorted that issue as above.

The print with some pdf files can be either too small, or too large if you magnify, but I think this is more to do with the pdf files themselves than the device. I used Calibre to convert the worst pdf to epub and that came out readable, but patchy with large gaps, so was no better.

For £99.99, (less possible topcashback of £3.03), I am happy with the purchase.