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Mr Tinker · 10-15-2011, 04:45 AM

Yesterday I bought me an Orizon e-book reader. The Orizon model is marketed by Bookeen and on the label on the back of the Orizon unit it is written: "Designed in France assembled in China".

I bought it in Sweden for 2499 SEK (that is about 263 Euros) all taxes included. I think that is a bit overpriced. But I made a deal whit the shop so I can have it over the weekend and return it and get a full refund if I don't like the Orizon unit.

My first impression is dissapointment. The plastic casing of the unit is not of high quality. The plastic parts does not simply fit well together. When I press the on/off button the silver colored plastic frame snaps off in the corner.

It is very slow and the start up takes long. This might be taken care of in the newest firm ware but I am not allowed to install the new firmware if I will return the Orizon unit to the shop.

Another dissapointment is that it seems not to be possible to charge the battery and at the same time use it? If the unit is connected to USB power it is not responding to any input and sometimes a loading bar shows up which stucks at about 1/5 of the bar length.

But the most dissapointing is that Bookeen seems not very helpful at providing the source code for the units. My understanding is that when using the licence "GNU GPL" you are obligated to release the source. I have not been successful in finding the source for the Orizon unit. I know that for the other units from Bookeen the source is provided but I have heard from other users that the source is very hard to compile because important parts of the source is missing.

Are there any other e-readers available with greater support for Open Source developers? Right now it seems I will return this unit.

10-15-2011, 04:45 AM	#1
Mr Tinker Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: bookeen cybook orizon	Just bought the Orizon. Dissapointed! Yesterday I bought me an Orizon e-book reader. The Orizon model is marketed by Bookeen and on the label on the back of the Orizon unit it is written: "Designed in France assembled in China". I bought it in Sweden for 2499 SEK (that is about 263 Euros) all taxes included. I think that is a bit overpriced. But I made a deal whit the shop so I can have it over the weekend and return it and get a full refund if I don't like the Orizon unit. My first impression is dissapointment. The plastic casing of the unit is not of high quality. The plastic parts does not simply fit well together. When I press the on/off button the silver colored plastic frame snaps off in the corner. It is very slow and the start up takes long. This might be taken care of in the newest firm ware but I am not allowed to install the new firmware if I will return the Orizon unit to the shop. Another dissapointment is that it seems not to be possible to charge the battery and at the same time use it? If the unit is connected to USB power it is not responding to any input and sometimes a loading bar shows up which stucks at about 1/5 of the bar length. But the most dissapointing is that Bookeen seems not very helpful at providing the source code for the units. My understanding is that when using the licence "GNU GPL" you are obligated to release the source. I have not been successful in finding the source for the Orizon unit. I know that for the other units from Bookeen the source is provided but I have heard from other users that the source is very hard to compile because important parts of the source is missing. Are there any other e-readers available with greater support for Open Source developers? Right now it seems I will return this unit.