ImcoV6L eReader – HD E-ink, Android, & Frontlight f - Page 2

MickiTee · 10-09-2013, 04:17 PM

And here's a link to the English version: http://www.imcosys.com/ebook-reader.html.

I'm interested. I like the fact that the page turn buttons are on both edges and that I won't have to convert books to epub format, but its definitely going to come down to the quality of the frontlight.

DaleDe · 10-09-2013, 04:49 PM

I made a page for this product in our wiki ImcoV6L

Dale

xendula · 10-09-2013, 10:10 PM

Here is a video, wrongly named Tolino Shine 2, found on alleslebook.de

owly · 10-10-2013, 04:03 AM

Hmm, has anyone seen any info on how much they weigh?

Yolina · 10-10-2013, 04:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xendula

Here is a video, wrongly named Tolino Shine 2, found on alleslebook.de

Thanks. Either the guy who's using it is utterly useless or the device is really slow

and the screen doesn't look that great but that could be down to the lighting in the video.

I'm still quite interested and have emailed the company to ask them if they had any plans to release it in the UK.

jlynton · 10-10-2013, 04:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by owly

Hmm, has anyone seen any info on how much they weigh?

I read somewhere that it is 214gr.

[edit]I have just found the link: http://allesebook.de/e-book-reader/i...estellt-35186/ - It says that the weight was previously reported as being 250gr., but the correct weight is 214gr.[/edit]

xendula · 10-10-2013, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yolina

Thanks. Either the guy who's using it is utterly useless or the device is really slow

and the screen doesn't look that great but that could be down to the lighting in the video.

I have a feeling it's just really slow. I wonder if it could even handle the Overdrive Android app.

jlynton · 10-10-2013, 08:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yolina

Thanks. Either the guy who's using it is utterly useless or the device is really slow

...

It didn't look slow at all to me, just that the presenter didn't have much idea of how to use it.

Yolina · 10-10-2013, 08:28 AM

It did look slow to me opening books and reacting to touch so

Have to say that my PW2 really whizzes along.

I'll see what reply I get from the company - if they do decide to sell them in the UK then I'll definitely check it out.

jlynton · 10-10-2013, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yolina

if they do decide to sell them in the UK then I'll definitely check it out.

Please let us know if there is to be a UK outlet.

Yolina · 10-10-2013, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlynton

Please let us know if there is to be a UK outlet.

Will do

I emailed them yesterday, so no idea how long they will take to get back to me. If they don't bother to reply, or take a month or something then it will put me off buying their stuff.

jlynton · 10-10-2013, 03:17 PM

Another video in english here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la9Rpkqgzrw

Rizla · 10-10-2013, 08:54 PM

Interesting. I wonder if it will have a norefresh mode mode for smooth scrolling.

Cyberman tM · 10-11-2013, 06:32 AM

A bit more information here: http://www.lesen.net/ereader/imcosys...st-video-8415/
(german)

From what I gather from the video/article, it seems to have Micro USB, uses Android 2.3, they (lesen.net) think it's not really ready for public yet.

The main question remaining (for me) would be the chip used. If the chip is good enough, I'm sure someone WILL make a backport of current Android for it.

[edit]Off-Topic: 300th post! I don't want to know how much would remain if irrelevant/angry ranting would be subtracted from the count :-)

Yolina · 10-11-2013, 06:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyberman tM

uses Android 2.3

that's not great. I know it's an e-reader and not a tablet but still, 2.3 is just a tad too old I think

Edit: and yes if it can handle a more recent Android build, then I'm sure we'll be able to flash that but I would suspect that they use 2.3 because that's all the thing can cope with.

Gah

10-10-2013, 08:28 AM	#24
Yolina Wizard Posts: 1,179 Karma: 11573197 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: London, UK Device: Voyage	It did look slow to me opening books and reacting to touch so Have to say that my PW2 really whizzes along. I'll see what reply I get from the company - if they do decide to sell them in the UK then I'll definitely check it out. Last edited by Yolina; 10-10-2013 at 08:30 AM.

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