[charlie - uk]

I was a bit nervous buying the Energy Sistem Pro+, some people on the forum had commented on the poor battery life & screens with display artifacts etc. I'm happy to report that my unit had no display problems. Used to the higher resolution of the Aura HD, I had expected the resolution to look dreadful, but suprisingly it didn't.

Some reviews have indicated that this e-reader runs an Open Android variant OS. Open it most certainly is not. Irritatingly there is no way of removing the bottom menu bar, even when the launcher is replaced with Stock Google Now. Screen real estate is restricted unless the App you are running will run in full screen, most won't.

As expected when using the e-reader in pure reading mode, using the customised version of F.B Reader, the battery life is quite respectable. Using the e-reader in Android mode, soon starts to drain the battery, not suprisingly because of the amount of screen refreshing going on. Frontlight is better than I had expected, with good overall coverage, the only complaint being, the minimum brightness setting is perhaps too high for prolonged, night time reading.

This e-reader does what it says on the box, it will run most Android Apps, & comes with Google Play Store, but as stated earlier, you have to put up with the ever present menu bar at the bottom of the screen. Overall considering the price of the unit I'm happy, build quality seems fairly good etc. My only gripe would be the amount of on board Ram, you'll only have room for 1 or 2 apps before the on board Ram gets filled up. Luckily This model has an S.D slot so you can expand the storage space & install Apps & E-Books on the S.D card.

Given the tardiness of Energy Sistem, responding to customer complaints & returns, of people who bought direct, from the company, I recommend buying through Energy Sistems Amazon.co.uk page, at least then if you want to return the e-reader, you'll have no problems...