Folders please! - Page 2

Logseman · 10-23-2010, 12:20 PM

I wouldn't safely assume that "customizable library organisation" equates folders. In fact, it seems the typical weasel word with which they smuggle some strange feature instead of what people actually want.

SkyDream · 10-23-2010, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by fjtorres

Collections/tags are *not* folders; they are not direct representations of an actual folder based filing system. They are, instead, arbitrary groupings within a single location; useful, but no substitute for the sophisticated onboard file-management found on folder-based systems.

Right.
Just tried to inform what Sony offers.

Sorry about stealing your time writing a long answer. :-)

HarryT · 10-23-2010, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by boswd

I honestly can't believe you jumped all over my post without actually reading it. I said AFTER v1.5 which is due out in November which wil provide Folders and a more advanced library organization.

I did read it. I have certainly seen no definite statement from B&N that the new firmware will support folders. To equate "customizable library organization" to folders is a considerable step in the dark. Of course it may mean folders, but it may also mean something entirely different. Eg, the Kindle certainly has "customizable library organization", but it does not support folders.

boswd · 10-23-2010, 07:04 PM

Nevermind

fjtorres · 10-23-2010, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by SkyDream

Right.
Just tried to inform what Sony offers.

Sorry about stealing your time writing a long answer. :-)

Not to fret. My time is in the public domain so you can't steal it even if you wanted to. (Which would be a first; normally I can't give it away...)

Catlady · 10-27-2010, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald

The JetBook Lite meets most of those requirements. While the screen is an LCD, it isn't backlit so it's about as easy to read as an e-ink screen (although, compared to the Sonys I saw at a Borders about a year ago, the JBL screen is just as easy to read). The batteries are four AAs that are easily replaced in the field (unlike other readers that require a tiny screwdriver to replace the battery). You can use folders. It takes SD and SDHC cards. It reads a variety of formats, including e-pub. I'm not sure of this but I believe later versions will read Sony DRMed e-Pubs; you will have to check at the Ectaco forum on this.

I can read DRMed epubs from the Sony store on my new JBL.

JeffElkins · 10-27-2010, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffElkins

1. E-ink not LCD
2. Folder-based organization
3. SDHC slot (preferably not micto or mini)
4. User-replaceable battery
5. Epub

I ended up getting a Nook 3g/wifi

E-Ink

No native folders (but I just rooted it so folders are coming)

SDHC (micro) slot

User-Replaceable battery

EPUB

10-23-2010, 07:04 PM	#19
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Logseman Orisa Posts: 2,001 Karma: 1035571 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ireland Device: Onyx Poke 5	I wouldn't safely assume that "customizable library organisation" equates folders. In fact, it seems the typical weasel word with which they smuggle some strange feature instead of what people actually want.

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