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Old 12-28-2010, 06:49 PM   #1
Larpam10
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Device: sharper image literati
Some advise for a newbie (sharper image Literati)

On Christmas Eve I had a discussion with my eldest son. He and I both agreed that we could never use an ereader. We are both avid readers and did not want to give up our beloved paper for a screen (although he has an ipad, black berry and several computers and I have an ipod, netbook, laptop etc).

My wife received a Macy's gift card which she did not want. I walked into to Macy's and stumbled on the Sharper Image Literati for just $59.99. I really did not need anything from Macy's so I thought, what the heck, I will give it a try. I found several books on Kobo I wanted to read and downloaded them via wifi to the device. What really impressed me is the ability to magnify the page, hold it in one hand and place it flat in my lap or on a table without loosing my place. Now, I can finally eat a greasy burger in a fast food joint without struggling to maintain my place and getting the pages all greasy.

I cannot figure out what the specs are. One site describes the built in memory as 256mg and another at 560mg. Anyone know? My impression is that at 256mg, it will hold about 250 books and of course at 560mg, it will hold about 500 books (is this information correct?) Frankly, with that kind of storage, I really do not think I will need to use an SD card (or am I wrong?)

I would like to buy an extra charger (car and home). The sharper image site is no help. I did notice that the charger seems to be the same size as the 1st generation kindle. Does anyone know for sure?

Any other advise and recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and have a very happy new year.
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