Thread: June 2012: A cheap, rugged ebook reader for the beach?
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Old 06-06-2012, 11:10 AM   #15
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How about the battery driven jetBook Lite or Mini? Although I'd consider them old tech and overpriced at this stage I think they are still the only models that use standard batteries.
I +1 this recommendation. I have a jetbook lite that my daughter has confiscated from me as a basic ebook reader. The screen works well in direct sunlight, the page turns are button and not touch-screen and it uses 4 AA batteries which you can find just about anywhere now days.

It has support for a lot of different ebook formats along with an external SD card slot for expanded storage.

I can't recommend the mini from personal experience, but the main difference is that it uses AAA batteries and has only TXT and FB2 support natively. Other formats have to be converted.
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