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Originally Posted by Teyrnon
I was at Fry's Electronics the other day and they had four devices on display, the jetBook, PRS-505, PRS-700 and something from Astak.
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The Astak was an EZ Reader (a Hanlin V3). This is the most similar of the EInk devices to the jetBook, e.g. it has folders and supports a wide range of ebook types. So it is a shame that the display model was broken. Frys is having a big sale on the EZ Reader on the 4th and 5th of July.
One difference to the jetBook is that the EZ Reader does support DRMed (encrypted) ebooks. The original firmware supported MOBI DRM, but Astak is about to switch to mobile Adobe Digital Editions (like the Sony's) which supports PDF and ePub with Adobe DRM. Since the firmware on all Hanlin V3's is interchangeable, you can have either MOBI DRM or Adobe DRM (but not both, because Amazon, which owns MobiPocket, has banned MOBI DRM from US EInk devices). I have three EInk readers, but the only one I use daily is my EZ Reader. It is a good device with solid hardware and software.