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Originally Posted by Freddy Bastiat
I've been debating purchasing an e-reader for a few months now. My search has led me to this forum, which has been great in helping to me to narrow my choices so thanks to everyone that contributes here on a regular basis. I'm pretty sold on the Astak EZ Reader Pocket Pro for the following reasons:
- It's not tied to one particular book seller - most of what I read is free anyhow. The books I usually read are older and aren't offered for sale online anyhow.
- Removable battery
- Memory card slot
- Can handle more formats than any other device I've seen
- Seemingly good customer service and continued product development
- Comes with protective cover
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I have both the Hanlin V3 (EZReader) and the Hanlin V5 (PocketPRO) and use both of them fairly regularly. I use the Hanlin V5 when traveling and the Hanlin V3 at home. The V5 is much more easily portable due to it's smaller size, but the V3 display looks much better with it's higher contrast ratio and larger size. Of course, in regard to contrast ratio, I only have my own two samples to go by. They both have the same resolution. The V5 has a proprietary, but user replaceable battery, while the V3 uses a more easily replaceable generic cell phone battery. You did not mention it, but Hanlin also has the V3+ out now, which is a much enhanced version of the V3( at the same price I believe). If I could have only one it would definitely be the V3, but now, of course, the V3+.
Another nice feature of the Hanlin readers is that there are lots of firmware developers producing software for them, so you can try different firmware packages if you like. For instance, I am currently using Vadim Lopatin's latest firmware build based on the Lbook base firmware and featuring his newest CoolReader, on both my V3 and my V5.