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fjtorres · 10-11-2012, 10:25 PM

Here: http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20...appy-hardware/

First, it *doesn't* cost US$13, it costs 60 euros. To get down to the annnounced 10 euros it relies on a carrier subsidy from a long-term contract for a cellphone.
Second, it really isn't an ebook reader; it is an eink image viewer, close kin to a digital picture frame.
Third, it is fed up to a maximum of five files from a proprietary android app that *converts* the real ebooks you bought on the phone into the uncompressed image files it displays.

Still interested?

10-11-2012, 10:25 PM	#2
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Here: http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20...appy-hardware/ First, it doesn't cost US$13, it costs 60 euros. To get down to the annnounced 10 euros it relies on a carrier subsidy from a long-term contract for a cellphone. Second, it really isn't an ebook reader; it is an eink image viewer, close kin to a digital picture frame. Third, it is fed up to a maximum of five files from a proprietary android app that converts the real ebooks you bought on the phone into the uncompressed image files it displays. Still interested?