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Canuck_in_Japan · 06-03-2009, 08:47 AM

I had been leaning towards getting a Sony 505 but the price and the horrible screen refresh (all ereaders guilty) has been holding me back.

I found a video of the Jetbook on Youtube after seeing some posts about it here and was amazed to see that even though it looks exactly like an e-ink ereader, it has instantaneous page turns! And it's on sale for $200 at New Egg which is significantly cheaper than the $300 (or in Canada-$350) that the Sony 505 costs.

What drew me to the 505 initially was all the different formats that it supports. I don't care about DRM'ed books-I have no intention (and don't even think I could) of using Amazon or Sony's store. There are lots of classics available out there.

In terms of reading material it would basically be novels and comics. When I say comics I don't mean comic books but rather JPEG comic strips-the three panel ones that you see in the newspaper every day.

I'm currently reading on my iTouch right now and actually enjoying it quite a lot which makes me wonder whether I really even need an e-reader.

So that's about it. Any recommendations? Any warnings against the Jetbook? The QA is good? I found one post on Engadget about it and everyone commented how ugly it looked but I don't find it any uglier than the Sony and it's certainly less ugly than the Kindle.

I wish there were some video reviews on Youtube about this product. I can't believe that on the whole of Youtube there's only a couple of videos and those are in Russian.

06-03-2009, 08:47 AM	#1
Canuck_in_Japan Wizard Posts: 1,476 Karma: 14328611 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tokyo, Japan Device: Aura, Aura H2O, Kindle PW3	Talk me into or out of a Jetbook I had been leaning towards getting a Sony 505 but the price and the horrible screen refresh (all ereaders guilty) has been holding me back. I found a video of the Jetbook on Youtube after seeing some posts about it here and was amazed to see that even though it looks exactly like an e-ink ereader, it has instantaneous page turns! And it's on sale for $200 at New Egg which is significantly cheaper than the $300 (or in Canada-$350) that the Sony 505 costs. What drew me to the 505 initially was all the different formats that it supports. I don't care about DRM'ed books-I have no intention (and don't even think I could) of using Amazon or Sony's store. There are lots of classics available out there. In terms of reading material it would basically be novels and comics. When I say comics I don't mean comic books but rather JPEG comic strips-the three panel ones that you see in the newspaper every day. I'm currently reading on my iTouch right now and actually enjoying it quite a lot which makes me wonder whether I really even need an e-reader. So that's about it. Any recommendations? Any warnings against the Jetbook? The QA is good? I found one post on Engadget about it and everyone commented how ugly it looked but I don't find it any uglier than the Sony and it's certainly less ugly than the Kindle. I wish there were some video reviews on Youtube about this product. I can't believe that on the whole of Youtube there's only a couple of videos and those are in Russian.