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Solicitous · 07-31-2011, 08:07 AM

Well I noticed today that the JB Mini is $99.95 AUD which makes it very very appealing (especially given it was $149.95 a week or so ago). I don't *really* need another ereader but would like to get another 5" (perfect travelling size IMHO, plus when going camping the replaceable battery option is great).

All my ebooks I have (bar the Kindle ones) are drm-free so format shifting is no big deal. I'm curious what people think overall in using the mini? Is it comfortable to read with for a few hours on end? How is reading a fb2 file on it? (my Astak can read fb2 but is painfully slow at font size changes and loading the file etc). Do you get the option to fully justify the text? I assume it will use rechargeable AAAs? (such as the Sanyo eneloops?)

TIA

07-31-2011, 08:07 AM	#1
Solicitous Wizard Posts: 1,434 Karma: 1525776 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: TAS, Australia Device: Astak Pocket Pro (Black), 2 x Kindle WiFi (Graphite), iPod Touch 4G	Thinking JB Mini - anyone like them? Well I noticed today that the JB Mini is $99.95 AUD which makes it very very appealing (especially given it was $149.95 a week or so ago). I don't really need another ereader but would like to get another 5" (perfect travelling size IMHO, plus when going camping the replaceable battery option is great). All my ebooks I have (bar the Kindle ones) are drm-free so format shifting is no big deal. I'm curious what people think overall in using the mini? Is it comfortable to read with for a few hours on end? How is reading a fb2 file on it? (my Astak can read fb2 but is painfully slow at font size changes and loading the file etc). Do you get the option to fully justify the text? I assume it will use rechargeable AAAs? (such as the Sanyo eneloops?) TIA