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Originally Posted by Laridae
I got my Vox for Xmas and I've enjoyed it very much for the last few weeks.
I'm using it for reading, gMail, and Overdrive, same as you, Paul. But over here library books are free, we don't have to rent them. (Do you really have to pay for them, Paul? How does that work?)
Having said that, I do have a few quibbles: I wish the processor was faster - things load a lot slower than my cheapie aPhone and that drives me nuts!
Also, I find it fiddly and not very intuitive - it took me quite a while to get Overdrive installed and working and I was already familiar with Kobo on my laptop and ADE for library books!
And I haven't even tried to do anything fancy yet like sideload books or install many other apps, though I did manage to get some more free books from Gutenberg.
I like to say that the Vox is more than an eReader, it's a whole new hobby!
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Library books are free, perhaps rent was the wrong word, I have my library set up in Overdrive, just click on the download button and the book is there, keeps it for 28 days and can have 5 at a time (believe I can return them early but cant find this option in Overdrive)
I use Calibre for sideloaded (Guttenberg) books. open up Calibre, plug in the Vox, a new column appears in Calibre showing which books I have already transferred, the ones without the tick I select and right click then chose send to device, much easier than I thought.
I tried putting a few apps on when I first got it and it started slowing down, now I just have apps I want to use, always shut it down on a night when finished with it and so far not noticed anymore slowdowns.