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Old 03-19-2010, 07:35 PM   #27
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To answer the previous questions in regards to my statements about the drawbacks of the Neo and Boox:

Although the Neo and Boox have a ton of customization options the way that the files and books are listed and the ability to organize files requires a bit more work than the Sony Readers, also if you are used to the Sony set up the Neo takes some getting used to. The touch screen on the Neo and Boox can only be operated via the included stylus, not by hand or by any other device, so if you lose the stylus you are out of luck until you can purchase another...and some things can only be accessed by using the stylus. It is a great reader, but like I said--a bit less user friendly than the Sony Reader.

The web browser on the Neo does not have an address bar and has some difficulty with logging into certain sites unless you are on the mobile version of that site (for example I can only log onto fictionwise's mobile version, not their regular web site and I can not log onto kobo at all because they do not have a compatible mobile site). The address bar should be coming with the new frimware, but as of now unless you use the Boox 1.3 firmware there is no address bar.

There are several threads on www.mybebook.com regarding the ability to add fonts so that the Neo can read other characters in languages such as Esperanto and Greek, from what I understood there is a way to allow this, but I only glanced briefly at those threads.

Over all it is an excellent device and I highly recomend it.

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