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Chopchurch · 06-23-2009, 06:05 PM

Like the title states I prefer to lurk. I am currently up in the air when it comes to an eBook reader, I want the freedom to hack my own firmware and a multiplicity of formats, which is why I have been leaning towards the Smart Devices Q7, as a veteran Linux hacker it seems like the best option. But I also require long battery life, so after looking at the Cool-er Reader (I emailed a Cool-er rep and he assured me more formats were forthcoming), the BeBook, and an Astak EZReader at Buy.com, I find myself waiting for Goezebooks to launch so that I can buy an "Astak EZ Reader Pocket Pro" (Hanlin V5). A shorter name would be nice, also one of the reasons I wanted an original Hanlin V3 was the fact that I loved the Chinese logo. But I am very cheap, and original V3's go for $400 on eBay, so a $200 reader was in my comfort zone. And if I don't like the firmware it comes with I'll just install OpenInkpot.

I think I'm going to save the Smart Q7 for X-Mas and pick it up with a Chuwi M70 from MP4 Nation as a gift to myself. I've been lurking here for a year and a half so that's probably what I will be doing most of the time.

06-23-2009, 06:05 PM	#1
Chopchurch Lurker Posts: 21 Karma: 198 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Philos Adelphos Device: SmartQ 7, Wikireader, G1	Undecided but close Like the title states I prefer to lurk. I am currently up in the air when it comes to an eBook reader, I want the freedom to hack my own firmware and a multiplicity of formats, which is why I have been leaning towards the Smart Devices Q7, as a veteran Linux hacker it seems like the best option. But I also require long battery life, so after looking at the Cool-er Reader (I emailed a Cool-er rep and he assured me more formats were forthcoming), the BeBook, and an Astak EZReader at Buy.com, I find myself waiting for Goezebooks to launch so that I can buy an "Astak EZ Reader Pocket Pro" (Hanlin V5). A shorter name would be nice, also one of the reasons I wanted an original Hanlin V3 was the fact that I loved the Chinese logo. But I am very cheap, and original V3's go for $400 on eBay, so a $200 reader was in my comfort zone. And if I don't like the firmware it comes with I'll just install OpenInkpot. I think I'm going to save the Smart Q7 for X-Mas and pick it up with a Chuwi M70 from MP4 Nation as a gift to myself. I've been lurking here for a year and a half so that's probably what I will be doing most of the time. Last edited by Chopchurch; 06-23-2009 at 06:24 PM.