Hi all, very long time lurker, first time poster.
What I have here is a nice little reader, that seems to have been discontinued before it got anywhere. It has been advertised in one of the local liquidation places here in Saskatoon. Picked it up for $89 ($99 listed in flyer). It is brand new and not a refurbished unit. Comes with a nice fake-leather case, wall charger and USB cable (another one for the collection). The only complaint I have is that the power button has to be held for 5 to 7 seconds each time I turn it on or off. The only installed app is Adobe Reader Mobile. This is about the only thing I want to try and change about the reader. The app works just fine for the most part, but there are better ePub readers out there I would rather have installed.
Page turn times are equal to my Jetbook.
Oh, one other complaint is that it doesn't go back to the page you left off at after you turn it off. It always starts back at the menu. Once you reselect the book, it goes to that page again though.
Here is the (hidden) wedsite URL for it. You cannot access it anywhere from thier homepage, I came across this link in one of the many eReader product announcement blogs somewhere.
http://nextbookusa.com/nextbook1.asp
Yep, no specs, nothing, listed, just blank text boxes.
Display: 7" TFT (not touch)
Memory: 2 gig
Resolution: 800 x 600
eBook Formats: EPUB, PDF, TXT, FB2
Music Formats: MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC, OGG, WAV, AAC
Picture Formats: JPG, BMP, GIF
Built in Lithium Ion battery. Full charge time 4 hours.
Playback time: eBook upto 10 hours, music up to 8 hours.
Size: L 195.1mm x W 145.7mm x H 13mm
Weight: 375g
Micro SD Card: Up to 16gb
Auto rotates the screen to any direction you rotate the device. Can be turned on and off.
I really enjoy it so far (1 week in), and works great for ebooks. I convert everything to ePub format anyway, but it also handles TXT, FB2 and PDF. I don't have any FB2 format files to check out, but the other formats all display just fine. The couple MP3's I tried worked fine - I will never play another on it though since I don't listen to music while reading. Displayed the few dozen pictures I put onto it just fine as well.
It does support Adobe DRM and Adobe Digital Editions.
You can drag & drop your files from your PC into which ever folder is required; EBook, Music, Photo, Digital Editions.
It has a built in File Explorer, so you can create your own folders on the device all you want, browse through them and select-to-view any of its supported formats.
I don't have a spare micro-SD card to plug into it to see how that works, I may pick one up this morning.
Calibre did not recognise it as a default device - BUT I have most device plugins disabled except my Jetbook ones, and a few I enabled that seem similar to this device. I will keep playing and see what happens. Save to disk works fine though.
I have been trying to figure out what OS it is running, but hunting around the net for the last few days has not helped much. It may be Linux or Android 1.5 - only guessing at this point, but leaning towards Linux at this point. More of the confusion is where it came from. The box and manual all point to Zero Corporation (Hong Kong); Maufacturer name in the Settings lists NEXTAR, Production Name: NEXTBOOK v2.0.0. Searching more around the net, it seems like it now comes from E-Fun, and is/was to be distributed through Nextbook USA. Anyone know a way to find out without having to open it up?
It's big brothers, the Next2 and Next3, play movies, have WiFi, etc etc.
Seems very similar to the Slick (not the Foxit eSlick!) being discussed in another thread right now. They are almost identical in layout, but the Slick firmware seems to allow movie playing. The folks with the Slick reader seem to want a lot of the options that the Next1 has already; Real Page jump (not a % jump), 5 font sizes, 5 brightness levels, auto page turn ooptions, auto shut down options, etc. If someone wants, I can add here what all the various menus contain as there are quite a few little things that make me really like the reader.