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Originally Posted by ddriver
I don't own an ereader. I'm looking at the BeBook Neo but I'm curious about the yet-to-be-released Samsung E60, and curious if anyone here has any insight to share.
My interest in the Neo is currently mostly as a travel companion. Wifi-enabled web browsing for email is very important to me with this device, especially for international travel. I'm looking to buy before a late-May trip so my window for waiting is closing.
The Samsung appears to have some nice features:
Samsung Press Release
YouTube video
Its unclear to me what the web browsing capabilities of the Samsung will be.
I am intrigued, however, by features such as external speakers, bluetooth capability, and built-in text to speech. I wonder if at some point you would be able to use this device for language tapes or foreign-language dictionaries in a speaker mode.
This device will also have a journal function, allow audio recording, sync with outlook, and supposedly read word and excel files as pdfs.
Book reading functionality appears very similar to the Neo.
One shortcoming appears to be only 3,000 page turns.
Any input appreciated. |
Quite frankly, browsing the web on any eBoo reader I've tried is quite frustrating. Be it BeBook Neo or nook. It's acceptable for briefly checking Wikipedia or something like that. But I'd never actually browse the web.
Slow page refresh, limited zooming capabilities, no flash and other gimmicks, ...