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Originally Posted by lionel47
Robert,
I have been lurking and reading about the Astak products for bout a month and half now in that forum. I have been impressed by your responsiveness to comments and your willingness to pass the information on to the developers. I watched the reactions to the the various firmware updates with interest.
If I had to buy a reader today, it would probably be the 6" EZ Reader though I don't see much difference between it and the Mentor Lite except the controller (which I understand makes for faster page turning?).
I am going to wait due to the larger format and connectivity options I am reading about. I am hoping Astak has some exciting things to announce as, again judging from your responsiveness here, it looks like a company with good customer service. I value that.
I won't ask you to disclose anything but I will say you have some stiff competition and wish you well at CES. I will try to contact you through your blog after reading more of it.  |
Were I you I would look at the Pocketbook 302 (a touch scree and other niceties...also there is a super secret larger format reader "rumored" to show up somewhere soon...winkwink) over anything from Astak/Bebook or Bookeen, though the Opus is the same hardware as in the Pocketbook 360 but different firmware and the 360 has that great integrated hard-shell cover.
Astak devices are just missing something and fell short of their promises as far as I am concerned. Though the EZ Reader actually a nice solid device but it's older as well. If you want a basic 6" reader look at the Pocketbook 301+ as well...the folks at Pocketbook are also honest and deliver on their promises. No hyperbole with them compared to the re-branders who don't even have their own firmware only a rebadged version of the same firmware found on the other clones of the same device/model.
Of course the more readers ya compare the more confused it can get...
