I received my Jetbook colour today (ordered on 3rd night). Thanks LuBib, for a great writeup- that’s what tipped the scales, after literally years of waiting – for Dx price to come down, Onyx vs pocketbook debate to be settled etc. Thanks also to prodigit, pf4mobile, Lefty Right, Ken Maltby for fleshing out details and andyh2000 ,kris777, reading-panda, their take on the device. This is my first e-book reader though I have played with Kindle 2 off and on, so I am no expert. Last two years I have been using Asus MT 101 – I must say it was and is still extremely good for my purposes, but my eyes couldn’t take the strain of reading academic journals for any length of time.
A few observations (some reiterations), more so that in case I have it wrong, somebody will correct me: 1. Annotations despite what the box cover and
http://www.ectaco.com/jetBook_Color/ say is not possible – not just cursor written notes but also no provision for typed notes in callout boxes. No underlining.
2.The highlighting vanishes from the document once you highlight another area (though stored in a separate text file). So the highlight is not only not stored with the document, it is not reconstructed either.
3. No Browser, WIFI
4. I found reading two column pdf files adequate, though a bit small to fit into screen. Zooming meant navigation across columns and to next page cumbersome – needed to get back to full page mode. Other pdf files I normally read were easy on the eye.
4. I have not been able to successfully use the text search facility: When I open a file, press MENU button, tap on Text Search, type the target word and tap on Find: if target doesn’exist says “ Not found”; but if it exists on the current page or any other, screen just refreshes on to the current page with nothing high-lighted. LuBiB et al Please HELP.
Overall I am optimistic like LuBib.
Cheers
Enjayes