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Originally Posted by javimm
Hi.
I'm new to this forums and new to ebooks. I'm an avid paper reader though, so I think it's time to get one ereader. I've been reading all this weekend about ebooks and the choices I have here in Spain.
After doing my research, I think I have two clear options:
- Hanlin V3.
- Cybook Gen3.
I'll probably buy from www.apoloxxi.com, as they seem to be located in my city so I could even go there and buy it in person.
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Any ideas?. Feel free to recommend me other devices, or even to make me change my mind on the Sony.
Thank you very much.
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Two good choices, and I think apoloxxi usually has some OK prices.
Of course I like my BeBook, and you can read my review here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30913
And see some pics of PDF display (A4 formats) here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...31110&p=278574
I'm very happy with BeBook, and has been pointed out it probably is the most flexible for formats, although some format support is better than others. I don't mind the Mobi support, because I'm confident it will improve - it is OK, but could use some extra features (font substitution, page formatting, better search and bookmarking, yes - dictionary, etc.). Apparently the CyBook does a better Mobi implementation, but I don't have one to compare.
The other format support on BeBook is very good - HTML and CHM are quite nicely formatted, FB2 rocks (that's good! - I really like FB2 so I'm more than happy with their FBReader support), TXT/RTF/Word is not bad, but I think not great on any device (no real formatting support, so display depends on source format - hit and miss).
I was most impressed with PDF - especially A4 handling, as I mostly have work docs in A4 format. I haven't had a good look at the CyBook PDF pan feature, but didn't like that mode on my PDA (although that screen is much smaller, so it may work well on a 6" display). The preset zooms on BeBook have handled most A4 PDFs well - I expect in the future the zoom feature may have more gradations (say 6 zoom levels) to give more flexible viewing, but I'm only guessing/hoping so don't take it as gospel.
Page turn/screen refresh is about 1 second (someone complained that BeBook was half the speed of 505 for page turning, so I thought I'd mention my estimate of the time here - to me it's fine). Battery life is astronomical - easily a week with daily usage, probably more (I haven't come close to testing it yet!).
Check out my review and PDF examples and compare with what you can find on other devices. Either way, welcome to the eInk club (soon) - once you start, you'll love reading on eInk devices.
Cheers!
P.S. I shouldn't say it, but I hope you don't go Sony. I'm so glad there are viable choices for the average user now (other than Sony, iRex and that crazy Kindle thing). The format restrictions, and more importantly, the bizarre sales and support restrictions of Sony just baffle me.