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Originally Posted by HarryT
I've owned them all. Bookeen (three different ones), BeBook, Pocketbook, etc. You know why it is that the reader I actually use every day is the Kindle? It's quite simply because it's the reader that works best for my needs. I've been through all these cheap clones. They're not very good. The firmware is buggy, customer service is non-existent, and construction standards are very poor. I have a Pocketbook 360 with FBReader on it. I don't like it at all (FBReader, that is). But if you like it, go ahead.
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With all my sincere respect to your vast amount of experience I think you're painting it a little bit too black and white here. Bookeen, Onyx/Bebook and Pocketbook are by no means cheap devices (that's the Kindle), firmware is not buggy but very stable (Bookeen with mobi, Bebook Neo), construction standard is the very same (Pocketbook and Kindle and Sony are produced in the same factory), customer service is existent, Pocketbook even offers it here in the forum.
And all these devices give the reader a lot more freedom with configurating and using the device (like folders, sd-cards, use your own fonts in much more sizes, support of many file formats, software developed by the community...).
Of course, buying the mainstream device may be the much safer choice but it may not necessarily be the better choice.
You're right with the FBReader, but both devices who have it installed (Pocketbook, Bebook) have alternatives installed, too, so you don't need to use it.