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petermillard · 05-16-2008, 04:32 PM

Hey folks

Just tossing this one out here to make sure I'm not missing anything.

I've happily been reading eBooks on an iPaq for the last year or two, and have decided to buy an e-ink reader for my summer hols this year (late July) - it's a big reading opportunity, but in bright sunlight the iPaq won't cope.

So, en e-ink reader, but which one? Here's my thoughts so far; I'm in England, so the only 'supported' options are an Iliad or a Cybook Gen3; Iliad's a non-starter (too big, too expensive) so I'm leaning towards the Cybook, but my wife has a business trip to Hong Kong in early July, so I was wondering what else might be available - does anyone know?

I really like the iPaq 'pocketable' format, so the 5" Astrak Mentor is really interesting, but I don't believe it'll be available in time - I'm assuming the quoted launch dates are for US?

But there's also the Netronix EB100, Hanlin V3 and of course the Sony PSR505. My dad has the Sony (bought from the US) and I've played with it a few times; seems OK, a bit clunky - like personal computing from the 1980s, 'user-hostile'...

OTOH it's a (relatively) mature package which isn't to be sniffed at; on a remote Greek island, you don't want to be spend good 'reading time' faffing about with 'issues'.

FWIW, most of my reading is recent fiction, mostly in Microsoft Reader format at the moment (iPaq) but I'm happy to format-shift as required; PDF support doesn't matter to me, nor do dictionaries or annotation; I just want to read.

So, any other thoughts? Have I missed anything? Anyone know what's commonly available in Hong Kong? I mean, if I have to buy something unsupported, it may as well be cheap, right..?

Thanks in advance.

Pete

05-16-2008, 04:32 PM	#1
petermillard Evangelist Posts: 496 Karma: 2384998 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: London, UK Device: iPad, iPhone, K3 & Amazon - between them they cover my needs.	e-ink devices in Hong Kong Hey folks Just tossing this one out here to make sure I'm not missing anything. I've happily been reading eBooks on an iPaq for the last year or two, and have decided to buy an e-ink reader for my summer hols this year (late July) - it's a big reading opportunity, but in bright sunlight the iPaq won't cope. So, en e-ink reader, but which one? Here's my thoughts so far; I'm in England, so the only 'supported' options are an Iliad or a Cybook Gen3; Iliad's a non-starter (too big, too expensive) so I'm leaning towards the Cybook, but my wife has a business trip to Hong Kong in early July, so I was wondering what else might be available - does anyone know? I really like the iPaq 'pocketable' format, so the 5" Astrak Mentor is really interesting, but I don't believe it'll be available in time - I'm assuming the quoted launch dates are for US? But there's also the Netronix EB100, Hanlin V3 and of course the Sony PSR505. My dad has the Sony (bought from the US) and I've played with it a few times; seems OK, a bit clunky - like personal computing from the 1980s, 'user-hostile'... OTOH it's a (relatively) mature package which isn't to be sniffed at; on a remote Greek island, you don't want to be spend good 'reading time' faffing about with 'issues'. FWIW, most of my reading is recent fiction, mostly in Microsoft Reader format at the moment (iPaq) but I'm happy to format-shift as required; PDF support doesn't matter to me, nor do dictionaries or annotation; I just want to read. So, any other thoughts? Have I missed anything? Anyone know what's commonly available in Hong Kong? I mean, if I have to buy something unsupported, it may as well be cheap, right..? Thanks in advance. Pete