MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - What do you love/hate about your EZ Reader/BeBook?

slayda · 05-19-2009, 04:28 PM

I agree with Wallcraft on the likes. I also prefer OpenInkPot's firmware. In addition since there are several Hanlin types out there and all their firmwares are compatible with the hardware, you can pick & choose for those finer differences between them. All my books are DRM free so I tend to stay with Openinkpot.

In general I think the Hanlin hardware is the best 6" eink device on the market and am looking forward to their 5" version since it should fit in my shirt pocket. I have a Sony PRS-500, Cybook Gen3 & Kindle1. The Sony is completely retired (still works but don't like it). Maybe (??) the PRS-505 is better but I have only seen one in passing. The Cybook & the Kindle hardware seem fragile although I like many of the Kindle's software features. I have passed the Cybook to my daughter but use the Kindle for Proof Reading my scanned/OCRed books because it has a highlight capability that is lacking in all the others.

The only thing I don't like on the EZ Reader (and this is common with the Sonys) is that the left-side page advance/backup buttons are IMO backwards. Since we read from top to bottom, it seems more logical to put the page advance button below the page backup button. The Kindle one does it this way and I find it easier for onehanded use.

Like Wallcraft, except for Proof Reading, I only use the EZ Reader.

P.S. I definitely do not like the proprietary ebook formats that Sony & Amazon have introduced and even when I use the Kindle I only read Mobipocket formats. However on the EZ Reader, I use Mobipocket, FB2, RTF, and the ocassional EPUB. It is much more flexible in that regard.

05-19-2009, 04:28 PM	#5
slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	I agree with Wallcraft on the likes. I also prefer OpenInkPot's firmware. In addition since there are several Hanlin types out there and all their firmwares are compatible with the hardware, you can pick & choose for those finer differences between them. All my books are DRM free so I tend to stay with Openinkpot. In general I think the Hanlin hardware is the best 6" eink device on the market and am looking forward to their 5" version since it should fit in my shirt pocket. I have a Sony PRS-500, Cybook Gen3 & Kindle1. The Sony is completely retired (still works but don't like it). Maybe (??) the PRS-505 is better but I have only seen one in passing. The Cybook & the Kindle hardware seem fragile although I like many of the Kindle's software features. I have passed the Cybook to my daughter but use the Kindle for Proof Reading my scanned/OCRed books because it has a highlight capability that is lacking in all the others. The only thing I don't like on the EZ Reader (and this is common with the Sonys) is that the left-side page advance/backup buttons are IMO backwards. Since we read from top to bottom, it seems more logical to put the page advance button below the page backup button. The Kindle one does it this way and I find it easier for onehanded use. Like Wallcraft, except for Proof Reading, I only use the EZ Reader. P.S. I definitely do not like the proprietary ebook formats that Sony & Amazon have introduced and even when I use the Kindle I only read Mobipocket formats. However on the EZ Reader, I use Mobipocket, FB2, RTF, and the ocassional EPUB. It is much more flexible in that regard. Last edited by slayda; 05-19-2009 at 04:30 PM.