[slkissinger]

I purchased the C67ML Carta2 last week, and am very pleased with it so far.

I did root it (although perhaps I didn't technically need to, since google play is preinstalled). I'm running Nova Launcher as the home screen, but of course I can go run "contentBrowser" (their home page) from NovaLauncher if needed.

I also like to utilize TTS--it's one of the reasons I kept around my old Kindle Keyboard (K3). I was a little concerned at first with the limited Application space. I wanted to download a nicer-to-listen-to voice, "Ivona Text-to-Speech", and the voices take up space. Thankfully, the voice data did download to the "storage card", where there is 6gb+ of available space, not the "App Storage" which; now that I have ES File Explorer, Nova Launcher, Calibre Companion, and Moon Reader Pro; there's only 66mb left there.

Using Moon Reader to read the book using TTS, and the "Amy" UK voice using IVONA, it sounds almost natural--or close enough for me to not cringe at some pronunciations.

For me, this is as close to perfect as I can get, I think.
- I have my entire Calibre book library on the SDCard.
- Calibre Companion can connect to it as a "cloud" (which happens to be local), and Moon reader can read it.
- TTS enabled, and sounds good because of Ivona
- Has a built-in light, so when I do want to actually read at night, I don't have to have a separate light. I also like that a "long press" of the back button (the single button at the bottom) turns the light on/off. another way to save a bit of battery during the day.
- It's wifi, so for those (very few times) when I want to grab a book I don't already have, I could connect to various sources and download a book; and because the device either natively supports it, or MoonReader supports it, the book format type is not a problem.

Nice-to-have's (not SUPER critical... but nice):
- I was able to change the sleep screens to pictures of my choosing.
- since it's Moonreader I usually use, I can pick different fonts if needed.

Can't comment yet on how well the Battery lasts. I've only had it a week; so can't really give a good impression on it.

About the only thing that would be another "nice to have" would be to allow for Bluetooth connectivity -- for TTS; either with a headset or in the car pairing. It's not a big deal of course. Just have to plug in the cord. And I could see having BT enabled could be a battery drain if all else were equal.

Tip for those with a C67ML Carta2. At the top of the screen is that symbol which is either two arrows, <-- --> or it's a plus/minus + - . Perhaps it was obvious to others, but took me some experimentation to figure out that IF you have a book being read to you (TTS), when it's at the +-, the buttons on the left and right increase or decrease volume.