Allured into Aluratek's fold

PFLachance · 05-13-2010, 09:44 PM

Hello Mobileread community! Having just purchased an Aluratek Libre Pro, and finding myself turning to Mobileread more than once in googling for information about ereaders, I decide to join the community. That said, my first experiences with Aluratek leave me wondering if I will return it to the store. On the pretext that its interface is intuitive, it provides nothing more than a quick start menu. In that respect, I have found the manual for the Etaco Jetbook to be quite useful. Despite some differences (Russian-English, Polish-English, and an English "explanatory" dictionary, whatever than means), the external features are identical, and many of the internal ones. I am not pleased either by an apparent ability to categorize books in different folders. However, I will continue to play around with different functions in the hope that use of the device becomes less a matter of trial and error. I am leaving for a trip across Russia and Mongolia to Beijing on the trans-Siberian express, which motivated me to buy the ebook rather than packing my usual dozen books or so. Look forward, too, to exchanges with the Mobileread community.

happy_terd · 05-21-2010, 01:40 PM

hello and welcome to MR!!!

PFLachance · 05-28-2010, 06:24 AM

An update. Still have my Aluratek. Had a good discussion with customer support (Peter Demonteverde) concerning a couple of problems in using it -- particularly those which result from pdf files of texts that were originally scanned. I find that sometimes I can read texts in multiple columns by zooming into a size larger than the page and then using arrows around OK to move text to left and right, but that it's hit and miss as to how to activate this feature. Contrary to a number of criticisms, I find the slider on the left the most used among several ways to turn pages and am happy it is there. Unfortunately, I have not yet received replies to a couple of other queries to the helpdesk posted on May 21 (despite promise of doing so within 24 hours). One concerns how to obtain listings of e-book by author as well as by title, the other about if it is possible and, if so, how to edit titles in Aluratek. All in all, as with all devices, the Aluratek e-reader is going to demand some patience as a product at low end of price range and at beginning of development of e-readers, but will my serve my needs well for something to lessen the weight of suitcases on trips.

05-13-2010, 09:44 PM	#1
PFLachance Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Aluratek Libre Pro	Allured into Aluratek's fold Hello Mobileread community! Having just purchased an Aluratek Libre Pro, and finding myself turning to Mobileread more than once in googling for information about ereaders, I decide to join the community. That said, my first experiences with Aluratek leave me wondering if I will return it to the store. On the pretext that its interface is intuitive, it provides nothing more than a quick start menu. In that respect, I have found the manual for the Etaco Jetbook to be quite useful. Despite some differences (Russian-English, Polish-English, and an English "explanatory" dictionary, whatever than means), the external features are identical, and many of the internal ones. I am not pleased either by an apparent ability to categorize books in different folders. However, I will continue to play around with different functions in the hope that use of the device becomes less a matter of trial and error. I am leaving for a trip across Russia and Mongolia to Beijing on the trans-Siberian express, which motivated me to buy the ebook rather than packing my usual dozen books or so. Look forward, too, to exchanges with the Mobileread community.

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05-21-2010, 01:40 PM	#2
happy_terd Banned Posts: 13,045 Karma: 10105011 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Finally made it to Walmart. Device: PRS 420	hello and welcome to MR!!!

05-28-2010, 06:24 AM	#3
PFLachance Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Aluratek Libre Pro	An update. Still have my Aluratek. Had a good discussion with customer support (Peter Demonteverde) concerning a couple of problems in using it -- particularly those which result from pdf files of texts that were originally scanned. I find that sometimes I can read texts in multiple columns by zooming into a size larger than the page and then using arrows around OK to move text to left and right, but that it's hit and miss as to how to activate this feature. Contrary to a number of criticisms, I find the slider on the left the most used among several ways to turn pages and am happy it is there. Unfortunately, I have not yet received replies to a couple of other queries to the helpdesk posted on May 21 (despite promise of doing so within 24 hours). One concerns how to obtain listings of e-book by author as well as by title, the other about if it is possible and, if so, how to edit titles in Aluratek. All in all, as with all devices, the Aluratek e-reader is going to demand some patience as a product at low end of price range and at beginning of development of e-readers, but will my serve my needs well for something to lessen the weight of suitcases on trips.

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