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mikeage · 04-25-2011, 09:15 AM

Hi All,

My beloved Kindle 2 recently died; one of my children stepped on the screen. Although the pricing on the K3 is great, I'm not in the US, and to buy it locally would add another $100+ in taxes and duties; it's not worth $250 for me.

However, I'm currently in Shenzhen, China, on a business trip, and will be here for another few weeks. I'm wondering if there are any locally made readers that someone can recommend as a suitable replacement; I'm looking to pay about 100-150 USD for something of comparable specs; eink (hopefully Pearl), MOBI or ePUB support (PDF not req'd), decent storage and battery life, USB. Wifi, 3G, or color are not required, and I don't care about storage if there's an external slot for MicroSD (I've got literally a dozen 2GB MicroSD cards laying around...)

Thanks

04-25-2011, 09:15 AM	#1
mikeage Member Posts: 21 Karma: 14 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Kindle 2	Any Chinese eReaders worth buying to replace a broken K2? Hi All, My beloved Kindle 2 recently died; one of my children stepped on the screen. Although the pricing on the K3 is great, I'm not in the US, and to buy it locally would add another $100+ in taxes and duties; it's not worth $250 for me. However, I'm currently in Shenzhen, China, on a business trip, and will be here for another few weeks. I'm wondering if there are any locally made readers that someone can recommend as a suitable replacement; I'm looking to pay about 100-150 USD for something of comparable specs; eink (hopefully Pearl), MOBI or ePUB support (PDF not req'd), decent storage and battery life, USB. Wifi, 3G, or color are not required, and I don't care about storage if there's an external slot for MicroSD (I've got literally a dozen 2GB MicroSD cards laying around...) Thanks