MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Suggestions for a cheapish e-reader, for a gadget junkie living in Brazil

Vlad M. Paler · 10-27-2011, 06:31 PM

Hello GA Russell, thanks for the welcome and for the suggestions!

It looks like the JetBook has an LCD screen; surely that severely limits the battery time? If so, without all the features of a tablet, I guess it's not really what I'm looking for. Thanks for the heads up though!

If it must be an LCD tablet, anyone have opinions on the PocketBook 701?

The 360 looks interesting, but it looks like only the 360 Plus has Wi-Fi - apparently it then has a browser and RSS reader, which would be excellent. At first I excluded it because it seems very small, but on closer examination, it appears the screen itself is almost the same size as the other readers I was looking at. Anyone with a 360+ want to offer opinions? And can it handle PDFs?

Any other suggestions?

10-27-2011, 06:31 PM	#3
Vlad M. Paler Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Device: none	Hello GA Russell, thanks for the welcome and for the suggestions! It looks like the JetBook has an LCD screen; surely that severely limits the battery time? If so, without all the features of a tablet, I guess it's not really what I'm looking for. Thanks for the heads up though! If it must be an LCD tablet, anyone have opinions on the PocketBook 701? The 360 looks interesting, but it looks like only the 360 Plus has Wi-Fi - apparently it then has a browser and RSS reader, which would be excellent. At first I excluded it because it seems very small, but on closer examination, it appears the screen itself is almost the same size as the other readers I was looking at. Anyone with a 360+ want to offer opinions? And can it handle PDFs? Any other suggestions?