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lecteur · 01-16-2011, 01:08 PM

Hi,

I have bought also as at 49 euros in Carrefour in France this is amazing !
More or less the same points as you Papi. My main concern is about dictionaries. I develop below.
As I have not read this anywhere, the device was loaded with ~150 documents (books, level, french and english user manual).

Here in France, the initial configuration is with French-English and English-French dictionary. But I really need a French-French one and an English-English one to benefit of an e-reader.
Of course the choice should be available while clicking on a word.

So I wonder if some of you have imported other dictionaries and if usable as the ones first in ?
Also as there are some others linux devices, I think interesting to import their dictionaries in the E60 to see if they could be usable, any tries yet ?

The device is very good, the screen is nice, I like the precision of the pencil usage for the touch screen.
With a nice sunshine direcly on the screen no issue for reading neither without sunshine but of course enough light is needed as with books.
I miss wifi so could not try any options linked to it.

My first impression was that the device was a bit slow. Maybe I am too used to the quick response of my ubuntu

but this was only an initial impression I find it quite good now but there are some potential improvements here.

Other main drawbacks :
- only 5 selectable fonts
- usage of pdf (with the trick of 90° rotation and "crop" pdf could ok but not far less than epub and word could not be selected to call dictionary. Worst the dictionary option is not in the direct menu

)
- limited supported formats (I have only tryied free epub and no drm pdf for the moment)
- initial dictionaries available as mentioned before
- searching in documents : well I have downloaded and loaded a lot of free books. Unfortunately I have no success to use meta caracters such as * by example in a research. So I find the search helpless and quite paintful to find a book.

Good device, at 329euros at launch, it was really too much expensive but at 49 this is not the same !
Miss a protection for the device.

Also power load is only from usb which is not the most convenient, at least for me.
I have not fully discharge yet the battery but it seems not very long, 20h indicated, and after few hours it was from 3(fully loaded) to 2(middle load).
One experience I did is that, closing the usb connection between windows pc and E60 is not enough. I mean on the screen it says something as do not remove the power connection while the device is on but the formulation is more ambiguous.
After only disconnect the connection in windows once, I have been unable to reboot it with the on/off button. As it was charging before removing the usb cable, I power it again on the PC and wait until power was at 100%.
Then, only by removing baterry the device could reboot.

I need to update the firmware even if it is not clear for me as everybody it seems what it will bring.

Sorry to be long I hope some of the informations here could be useful to other.

01-16-2011, 01:08 PM	#95
lecteur Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: sony prs-t3, M92 broken screen, (formely samsung e60)	Hi, I have bought also as at 49 euros in Carrefour in France this is amazing ! More or less the same points as you Papi. My main concern is about dictionaries. I develop below. As I have not read this anywhere, the device was loaded with ~150 documents (books, level, french and english user manual). Here in France, the initial configuration is with French-English and English-French dictionary. But I really need a French-French one and an English-English one to benefit of an e-reader. Of course the choice should be available while clicking on a word. So I wonder if some of you have imported other dictionaries and if usable as the ones first in ? Also as there are some others linux devices, I think interesting to import their dictionaries in the E60 to see if they could be usable, any tries yet ? The device is very good, the screen is nice, I like the precision of the pencil usage for the touch screen. With a nice sunshine direcly on the screen no issue for reading neither without sunshine but of course enough light is needed as with books. I miss wifi so could not try any options linked to it. My first impression was that the device was a bit slow. Maybe I am too used to the quick response of my ubuntu but this was only an initial impression I find it quite good now but there are some potential improvements here. Other main drawbacks : - only 5 selectable fonts - usage of pdf (with the trick of 90° rotation and "crop" pdf could ok but not far less than epub and word could not be selected to call dictionary. Worst the dictionary option is not in the direct menu ) - limited supported formats (I have only tryied free epub and no drm pdf for the moment) - initial dictionaries available as mentioned before - searching in documents : well I have downloaded and loaded a lot of free books. Unfortunately I have no success to use meta caracters such as * by example in a research. So I find the search helpless and quite paintful to find a book. Good device, at 329euros at launch, it was really too much expensive but at 49 this is not the same ! Miss a protection for the device. Also power load is only from usb which is not the most convenient, at least for me. I have not fully discharge yet the battery but it seems not very long, 20h indicated, and after few hours it was from 3(fully loaded) to 2(middle load). One experience I did is that, closing the usb connection between windows pc and E60 is not enough. I mean on the screen it says something as do not remove the power connection while the device is on but the formulation is more ambiguous. After only disconnect the connection in windows once, I have been unable to reboot it with the on/off button. As it was charging before removing the usb cable, I power it again on the PC and wait until power was at 100%. Then, only by removing baterry the device could reboot. I need to update the firmware even if it is not clear for me as everybody it seems what it will bring. Sorry to be long I hope some of the informations here could be useful to other.