The specs of my old thing is at
http://media.twango.com/m1/original/...7d4263819f.pdf
Yes, the screen is dim in bright light but I can read sitting in my truck as long as the sun isn't shinning directly on the screen.
It was not originally purchased as a book reader. More for play and homework. Over the years, it has evolved into a trustworthy friend.
It recently came off the hood of my truck around a curve going about 35 MPH, It is in a neoprene case and it just bounced it's way out of the road and onto the grass. It has been under about one inch of water and took 4 days to dry out. Both times, it started right back up. I am also on the my third Axim. The first was dropped in it's leather case. The button on the side(X5) was hit and the screen was no longer a "touch" screen. The second (v50) got some wires crossed somewhere and started smoking one day. By that time, it had been dropped several times. I have actually lost count of the number of times I have dropped the mobil pro, both off the hood of the car and just normal clumbsiness. But it still works
Yea, it is old. But they are cheap these days. They do have a nice size screen, if dim. My friends that do have these like them because they have the large screen and you can change the screen and font around on the uBook reader. They do not really read outside or in bright light. (we all work third shift
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One friend will have it open on the pillow next to her and have it on auto-scroll. When she falls asleep reading and fails to keep the screen alive, it shuts down and keeps her place. The attached keyboard makes it easy to prop open on somethng soft like a pillow.
I will wait on the new book readers until I break my new Axim. I would love one with the large bright screens.