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Originally Posted by greenapple
For the specs and the current promotional price, is the eslick a good buy?
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Like I was explaining, the software is very low on features, compared to other machines like the Kindle or probably Sony (although I haven't really seen that one in use). There's no dictionary word lookup, no adjusting margins. There is font adjusting and reflow. They seem very open to taking suggestions for upgrades. I got mine for Christmas and just had the first software upgrade.
Overall I like it because it allows me to use the formats I have without living under the evil empire of Amazon or Barnes & Noble with the heavy controls they have over their ereader machines. If I had it to do over again I might get the Sony 600 touch screen, because I miss that, coming from a palm background. But I can't read my hundreds of PDB files on Sony, so maybe I would stick with the eSlick after-all.
It definitely does the job. One downside is that you can't use DRMed ePubs on it. But I found out very easily how to unlock them and they work fine on the eSlick.