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Old 10-23-2018, 01:21 PM   #13
afainber
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Device: Boyue Likebook Plus, Inkbook Explore
So....

After using it for several days, here is the summary of my impressions:
Pros:
* Very light and well built.
* Screen flush with Bezel
* Android 4.4. Not the newest version (not 6.0 like some other), but new enough for my needs
* Can control the temperature of the frontlight. I use a setting of about the middle of the scale, which results on a pleasant color. The light is pretty uniform, with only a narrow stripe at the bottom of the screen slightly darker than the rest of the screen (but not too much).
* Can be rooted
* Page turn physical buttons

Cons:
* No Google Play. I had to side-load all the apps I wanted to install
* I had to tweak Alreader to have in run on the Explore
* Outside of a reading app, the reader is on the slow side. Opening an app or changing a setting is rather sluggish.
* No uhid module compiled into the kernel. This means that we cannot use any BT Keyboard with this device, which is almost a showstopper for me.

Feel free to ask me any questions.
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