Just received my Pocketbook EO yesterday after supper. I had ordered it Tuesday morning whole in dialysis (I usually take a 12,9 iPad Pro in, but wanted an ereader device). I prdered from Amazon.ca and it took 82 hours to arrive from the moment I clicked ‘pay’.
I”ll have a lot more to say about it when I’m more familiar with the device, but a few cursory comments.
-Quite a struggle for an hour or so because I’ve primarily used Macs for 40 years, other than forced Windows use when at work, but after rereading the PDF manual I’d already downloaded on an iPad Pro it started to make sense.
-Downloading nd installing KorReader was a snap; searching with the built in browserfor github and then downloading and click installing the apk file. So now I have pocketbook reader, Xreader and KorReader to choose and learn from without having yet to buy another app.
-Getting books onto it has proved somewhat of a struggle; though I’m sure that will become easier. I have nothing but….Macs (but I do have Parallels installed and Wimdows 11 arm64 under that). Thought I would be able to install good ole trusty Calibre and just use that - but no, some kimd of funky error. I’ll post that tomorrow when it’s not 4:30 am. I’m sure someone will know what I’m not doing.
-Also could not figure out how to be able to email books to the reader, deriving a pbsync email address (getting the email address was a no go so far), but I did manage to use 2 methods to transfer books to the device.
1) Installing Google Drive on my Mac and the ereader and going from Mac > Google Drove > ereader
2) Using wifi transfer and sending readables to
http://196.something:58888 from a Mac > ereader
These alone would make me happy since I’ve got some large colour comics (The Walking Dead) which would probably make my email server choke.
Also can’t get the ereader to show up as a removavble drive on my Mac(s) desktops. Connects via USB-C and charges, but I don’t know which Android file transfer spp I need to i stall or where to download from. Also a small and not unsolvable problem.
It arrived 88% charged, so I was able to start using/learning right away. Getting google play store to work was easy-peasy and I’m pleased with how smooth the page turn refreshes are; much nicer than the Kobo Elipsa I currently have.
Will experiment with it more tomorrow during dialysis and as long as the Canadian footnall game tomorrow night isn’t too interesting, I’ll start obsessively posting.
Thanks to all who have posted before, and specifically in this thread.
Tom