Well, I didn't return it after all. Since returning from the Caribbean I've not seen any of the screen wiggle. It was always on the left side of the screen for about the first 1". It happened sporadically over several days and lasted through power on/off (Didn't have a paperclip to try a reset). I did still manage to read the book despite the dancing letters. I'm totally baffled as to the 'wiggle' cause since it didn't pop up for Kriss777 in Florida. It wasn't that hot with highs around 84 but humidity was always over 70 percent, but that is the only factor that seemed to be consistent. From the return flight to now I've not seen the issue re-appear.
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Transferring content
I use Stanza on a Macbook to translate books into txt. Open the book with Stanza. File > Export As > Plain Text. I've tested lit, mobi, prc, pdf, html. It'll output directly to the SD card or the built in memory. Sometimes I open the translated files in TextWriter to clean up extraneous carriage returns, spacing, and wonky characters: usually --, " or ' showing up as a character code (\154) or non-english characters (cyrillic backwards capital E with round edges).
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Bleeding characters
It isn't that bad and is a minor annoyance. Its sort of like writing with a felt-tip pen on absorbent paper.. the edges bleed just a little bit rather than being crisp. I believe it is less bleed than eInk but this is a TFT so that is a moot point -- my persnickety feedback is because its TFT it should be crisp
. And for the record of others squinting at their jetbook screens to spot the bleed I'm using Verdana 18pt.
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Overall I'm happy with the purchase (as long as the mystery wiggle doesn't return.) I don't have eye strain which was my biggest concern vs. eInk. I can find enough books to keep it filled despite the limited supported formats. I don't see enough value in whispernet or the missing formats to justify the extra $100+ for the other readers. The biggest downside at this point is the total lack of support for encrypted formats severely limits purchasing of books. Hopefully JetBook will come out with the hinted at mobi and ePub support. The next downside is that for reading indoors it really can use a booklight (an issue which is probably universal across readers).
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