I went to the Borders in Central Cardiff today and played with the demonstration Elonex Ebook Reader for a little while.
The screen is clear and very legible. However the case is made of plastic and seems much more flimsy than my sturdy Sony 505. It comes with a hundred books preloaded. I opened a Shakespeare poem and found that it displayed rather poorly: it didn't really look like verse at all. But this may just have been the result of a poor automatic conversion.
The device supports TXT, PDF, HTML and ePub.
Incidentally, there are piles of fliers in the store saying:
Quote:
Get 25% off any ebook titles downloaded from Borders.co.uk. Valid until 31 August 2009.
Redemption instructions: To redeem, simply enter the voucher code at checkout and the discount will be automatically applied. The voucher code is: LOADMEUP
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I actually bought the Elonex 7" digital picture frame/digital tv. When I took it home and unpacked it, the screen had several very deep scratches. It's going back on Monday. I haven't yet made up my mind whether to exchange it or demand a refund.