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Pranananda · 06-17-2010, 12:30 AM

If you are not in a hurry to get an ereader and can wait, the JetBook Lite goes on sale every so often at Newegg for $99.99 US plus free shipping.

I have the JetBook Lite, and I like it so far. It has it limitations, but it is inexpensive. It doesn't flash the screen black like the e-ink readers. And its non backlit screen is easy on the eyes.

The JetBook Lite only has 2 fonts, Arial and Verdana. Except in PDF, which will have embedded fonts, so you get any font there. The JetBook Lite uses the Foxit PDF reader, and it does really well for documents that are formatted for the 5 inch display. You get the multiple fonts, plus what ever formatting the word processor provided, plus you get Table of Contents in the menu (unfortunately, table of contents is not supported for any other format). For PDFs formatted for an 8.5 X 11 inch paper, the experience is not great. And there is no reflow option on the JetBook Lite.

The Ipod Touch makes a nice small ereader. Stanza is awesome, and the user settings on the lineheight, paragraph margins, hyphenation, font, font size, and inverted mode are great. The PDF reader on the Ipod touch is way better than you will find on any small screen e-ink reader because of the touch zooming and panning, as well as the pdf reflow capability (using GoodReader). I find it easier to read and to navigate books on the Ipod Touch as compared to the JetBook Lite. But the JBL is $100, the Ipod Touch is $160 (if you search Google).

06-17-2010, 12:30 AM	#8
Pranananda Connoisseur Posts: 98 Karma: 122982 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Humboldt County, California Device: ipad, iPod touch, JetBook Lite	If you are not in a hurry to get an ereader and can wait, the JetBook Lite goes on sale every so often at Newegg for $99.99 US plus free shipping. I have the JetBook Lite, and I like it so far. It has it limitations, but it is inexpensive. It doesn't flash the screen black like the e-ink readers. And its non backlit screen is easy on the eyes. The JetBook Lite only has 2 fonts, Arial and Verdana. Except in PDF, which will have embedded fonts, so you get any font there. The JetBook Lite uses the Foxit PDF reader, and it does really well for documents that are formatted for the 5 inch display. You get the multiple fonts, plus what ever formatting the word processor provided, plus you get Table of Contents in the menu (unfortunately, table of contents is not supported for any other format). For PDFs formatted for an 8.5 X 11 inch paper, the experience is not great. And there is no reflow option on the JetBook Lite. The Ipod Touch makes a nice small ereader. Stanza is awesome, and the user settings on the lineheight, paragraph margins, hyphenation, font, font size, and inverted mode are great. The PDF reader on the Ipod touch is way better than you will find on any small screen e-ink reader because of the touch zooming and panning, as well as the pdf reflow capability (using GoodReader). I find it easier to read and to navigate books on the Ipod Touch as compared to the JetBook Lite. But the JBL is $100, the Ipod Touch is $160 (if you search Google). Last edited by Pranananda; 06-17-2010 at 12:35 AM.