Hi Nate,
Thanks for this review about the boox. I'm a long time lurker but the boox made me jump in the light so to speak

I'm very interested by that device as my first ereader, and since i'm close to China I wouldn't have to reach very far to get it.
That being said, I have a few questions though. I saw that you mentioned the battery life is not that great (Actually pretty short according to chinese forums) How long does it last for you ? Is it the sleep mode that doesn't work that well or something literally draining the battery ? That sounds a bit strange to me, I always though (naively maybe :P) that eink reader could last weeks ?
My second question concern PDF, more specifically A4 PDF. I have a ton of technical PDF (computer programming stuff mostly), and i would love to read them on a reader. Is it readable ? how good is it in portrait mode ?
Thanks in advance.
Tsa.