[Desertway]

So I got the little 6" reader from Temu that was linked above. It took a little over a week to get here from China. Not bad. It's made by Boyue/Likebook/Meebook and runs Android 8.1 and has Google Play already activated.

I wanted it primarily for Scribd ebooks. It works, but with some compromises which did not surprise me. Scribd has page turn animations which can't be turned off. I knew that this was going to be an issue. It isn't too distracting in A2 mode, but A2 loses so much contrast that the text is quite faded. THAT would not be a problem if only Scribe offered a bold font, which it does not. So either it's slow page turns or faded text. Generally, I've chosen faded text which doesn't bother me much in the daytime, but my tired eyes can't really handle it at night.

Libby also has page turn animations, but with a bold font it works fine in A2 mode

Kindle (which I don't need because I have an Oasis) also works in A2 mode with the Ember bold font. In regular mode the page turns are too slow, even with page turn animations turned off.

KoReader works beautifully all the way around.

This little guy also has (VERY LOUD) speakers so I tried out my radio app and Audible. Both work great, though I can't imagine using this over my phone for audio.

Now the bad part. The unit I received was defective. The far left side of the screen was completely unresponsive to touch. I was able to work around it to get everything working, but it's not acceptable in the long run. I'm returning it, and have another unit on order. The funny thing is that I got a great coupon and the new unit only cost me $30. I can't complain at that price (assuming the new unit works properly).