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Bleh.
Maybe I just got a broken one (it was the last out of 40 the manager said they had in stock.)
1) The screen has multi-colored "ghost lines" everywhere across it horizontally, and they change as the reading angle changes. I have never seen such a fault in an LCD display.
2) I tried everything to get my free downloaded epub books to show up properly, but I cannot. The Borders application refuses to sync any of the free ones. I've copied the files over and tried to read them from the explorer, but graphics stop rendering about 5% into each graphic. I eventually get to the text and it seems OK.
3) PDFs (the format the majority of my library is in) are nearly impossible to work with.
4) I have had to hit the "reset" 3 times, now. I think I may have found the issue, but am not certain. I was plugging/unplugging the USB cable in the middle of page loads. This locks the reader in a state where all buttons are not functional (even power).
5) I found a cheap book on Borders and purchased it just to see if it made any difference. It is a book I am currently reading and am on page 107, already. It sync'ed fine (so, I am convinced they have crippled sync'ing of free ebooks) but whenever I try to jump even just 5% into the book, it will begin to load, then give an "UNKNOWN ERROR" pop-up and it drops me back into the library. It's a 500+ page book. Think that has anything to do with it?
This thing blows chunks! Was I just expecting too much? The USB plugging/unplugging was a bit clumsy, I admit, but... c'mon... refusing to jump ahead on a purchased ebook? There is no way I am hitting the next page button 100+ times to get to my spot.
Raymond.
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