Hi,
To answer you questions:
1. Ebk1150 reads only .imp files as far as I know so everything requires conversion. It is true that like most ebook formats outside pdf (e.g. .lit), .imp is just html (xml) with a wrapping. When the librarian converts anything, it transforms the file to html, and then deletes the intermediate files, so if you convert an html file sometimes it dissapears. I keep backups always, and I use mostly the eti tool which requires doc/rtf, but just to be aware. Also, there are people who care a lot about having "clickable" chapters, you can do it in Ebk1150 (and you can do search, go to page), but I do not know exactly how, the eti manual explains it, and it works for few of my books, but it was never important for me (since "I come from print" where you gotta go through the book) to bother doing it
2. Backlight is "light green", my first picture approximates it pretty well. It is the closest to print outside eink that I've seen.
3. The eti 2 device is the geb 2150, you ocasionally have the opportunity to get it on Ebay. However it seems to be kind of heavy, like the Cybook at ~ 1kg. It has better resolution, 480x640, so at the right price I would consider one, but its weight is probably the reason is not marketed wider.
Liviu
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Originally Posted by Snappy!
Wow Liviu, thanks for your excellent and detailed review/overview of the ebookwise reader! 
I've read that html files can be read natively. I've also read somewhere else that says, as you mentioned that they require conversion. Which is the case?
Ya, the only downer so far I see in it is the SmartMedia card. Ebooktechnologies has a higher-end device which uses CF card ... unfortunately they somehow decide to limit that to only vertical markets and not to consumers. *STRANGE*
Last thing. Is the backlight white in color? I know the LCD has the standard greenish back when viewed in sunlight, but does it have a white backlight?
Again, thanks for your information and pictures! Appreciate your time and review! |