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Originally Posted by wallcraft
The Astak Mentor is a Netronix EB-600 variant with Epson Broadsheet controller (8 grey levels) and with the Netronix standard software. There are many similar devices worldwide, for example the Cool-er Classic. These are not typically thought of as category leading deices, but they are hard to beat at this price.
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Dear All:
Actually, this does have the Epson Controller with 400MHz processor, user-replaceable rechargeable battery, SD card to 16GB for memory expansion, E-Ink for 9,000 pages to a single charge, plays full version of Sudoku, one-press to change from verticle to horizontal, MP3 and you can read WHILE playing music, and 8 level gey scale. It comes with the crush-resistant case included!!
I do not know what category-leading truly means. The Mentor Lite certainly is not as popular as the Kindle... but I think it does compare very favorably. It depends what you want and what is important. If speed and a user-replaceable battery and memory card expansion are critical to you and you want to pay under $150 for a great device... this IS category leading!