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The two (3) EZ Readers have very similar capabilities and work essentially the same. I am talking about: EZ Reader basic (oldest 6" model), EZ Reader Plus (newest 6" model), EZ Read Pocket Pro (5" model). The hardware is similar with the same buttons except, the Pocket Pro has a scroll wheel on the right hand side than many like while the 6" has a volume control for sound on the right hand side (two buttons). Only the Pocket Pro comes in 6 colors. Both has the same exact screen resolution 600x800 pixels but of course the text itself will be smaller if it use the same amount of pixels since the screen is smaller. This is most evident in the menu sizes and otherwise text is somewhat adjustable. Both have covers.
The older 6" does not handle hyperlinks in ePUB but hopefully this will be fixed at some point. Both of the newer models handle hyperlinks in some formats but not all. Of course not all formats even have hyperlinks. This feature is primarily used in ePUB so follow links to other portions of a book like web pages do. Most books don't have them anyway but reference books sometimes do.
PDF's can come in two flavors, some are images that look like text and some are reflowable text. Reflowable text means the text lines change length based on the size of the font to fit on the page. If the PDF uses images the 6" has a better chance of being able to be large enough to read but even it is likely too small. PDF's are usually designed for printing on large lettersized paper, not reading devices. Perhaps a 9" screen or larger would be more suitable if you need to read these. The typical way to read these is to turn the viewer sideways and read 1/2, or 1/3 of a page at a time as landscape mode. All of these reader have a landscape mode.
You cannot directly receive RSS feeds on the eBook Reader but you can convert them on a PC and then read the results. This can be done using a free program called Calibre or the PC version of MobiPocket Reader.
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