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Originally Posted by dhighway
Just got mine (one-day sale from Dell @$130).
@fglaysher - totally agree about the touch screen ... makes it awkward to browse websites.
Other initial thoughts/observations:
1. WiFi - no config option to connect to your access point if SSID broadcasting has been turned off.  Other than turning ON SSID Broadcast, anyone know how to work around this?
2. Though it's lighter than my Aluratek Color Libre, I doubt the claim that it weighs 7 oz.
3. Isn't recognized by Calibre (but is expected to be, in Calibre's next release).
4. Page up/down buttons are rather stiff.
5. With a microSD (instead of SD), it's not as useful for looking at pics off my camera while traveling. (With my Color Libre, I can just pop the camera's SD card into it for viewing.)
6. At max brightness, it is visible in bright light (unlike the Color Libre), but I think claims of being able to read in sunlight is exaggerated.
@fglaysher - What are your thoughts?
I'll check back later myself as I use it more.
Cheers,
DH |
SSID. I think that's a limitation of Android, actually. I don't know of a solution, if there's one.
I bought a 16 gig SD card with an adaptor, so I can just plug it in and out, switch with my Sony Reader which takes the large size for my 12 gigs of books and articles.
I haven't taken it outside to read; but will report back sometime.
Personally, I like the buttons, compared to my Sony Reader; the page turns are almost instantaneous.
Actually, as I've used it more, and configured RSS feeds for newspapers and magazines, and setup other features, I'm starting to like it a lot. It takes time, as with any new device. I've been installing Android applications with more success now, thanks to the advice to use 1.5 compatible ones.
I have a laptop, a netbook, a Nexus S phone, and a Sony Reader, so I'm looking for a new device that doesn't duplicate any of the previous ones. As a color reader that handles PDFs very well, with a large capacity SD card for books, it's proving to offer what I want--a reading platform larger than my Nexus S, one that incorporates the several generations of improvements since my 2007 Sony Reader, with Internet wireless for RSS feeds.
I've gotten the hang more of the screen as I've used it too--longish press, firmly, light fling for scrolling.
I'm working on replacing the file manager to an Android download that will work better and a better reader than the firmware.
The on/off button is a pain, as is Sony's. I wonder if all ereaders have such switches for some technical reason. I've realized I have to always turn it off at night or else it sort of runs down the battery and won't turn on in the morning without plugging it into to my laptop with the USB cord, kind of resetting it or something.