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I very strongly disliked the first generation of Kindle Paperwhite. The display was gorgeous, the build of the device was very nice, the hardware ergonomic was good. What I couldn't stand was the software. The lack of configuration options for font type, font size, line distance, margin size, you couldn't even pick left justification for the text! EVERYTNING sucked. The user interface for choosing books from an endless, disorganized list of books with way too few books per page. I spent a lot of time trying to hack it, I installed every possible hack, tweak, alternative reading software, even whole alternative operating system from China (you could choose original Amazon of the Chinese one during boot). I sold it as soon as PocketBook came up with a front-lit device.
Onyx Midia Inkphone E43 from Boox takes the cake for the worst e-ink device I have owned. Again, the hardware was nice, the form factor was fantastic. 4.3 inch non-front-lit e-ink. Software was such a disaster that the device was pulled from the market after one week. Inexplicably the manufacturer used IMEI numbers belonging to other manufacturers - so in some countries the phone couldn't even connect to the basic cell service. After one summer of use the rubberized layer on the phone body started to wrinkle and flake off. I suspect it was from a sunscreen I was using. It had Android 2.3 operating system and an atrocious selection of software for basic use (such as dialer, launcher or reading app). It was difficult to find a replacement apps, because ordinary apps were not optimized for black and white e-ink with very slow refresh.
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