Why no SD cards?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Rizla

I wonder why an open Android OS can handle so many books without a slow-down, yet the Kindle, Kobo and Sony OSes cannot. They have more or less the same speed CPU and amount of RAM.

Because you can have your books handled by Calibre Companion and not the reading app. CC handles the books better.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Rizla

I find quite a high level of rudeness is tolerated here. I had assumed by the general toxicity of certain posters that it was acceptable to be rude. I would welcome greater moderator intervention.

Personally, I don't care how rude someone gets. I just brush it off and move along.

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

And which ereader besides Kindle has offered audio?

Onyx M92 is one example.

[kacir]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

And which ereader besides Kindle has offered audio?

PocketBook and other brands mentioned by previous posters. Their flagship PocketBook Ultra (and some older models) has jack for headphones.
You can listen to mp3 player and use TTS in 22 languages. There are 40 voices available for download, including child voice.
It also has a camera and an [almost unusable] OCR software built in.
It is not Android device but a pure reader with Linux on it. There are lots of dictionaries, some third party programs and other stuff available for it.

[Anthem]

Originally Posted by Ghitulescu

Actually USB is tricky.

I was simply referring to the e-readers in question... not the entire wide world of potential USB connected devices!

[Ghitulescu]

Originally Posted by Anthem

I was simply referring to the e-readers in question... not the entire wide world of potential USB connected devices!

Me too

I just gave examples of issues found in other fields where the manufacturers and studio equally consider DRM.

Since the MicroUSB gained a giant leap (not least because of the EU Directive), nothing prevent the manufacturers to disable the USB port, and leave it for charging, or as restricted use port (for upgrades, if not WiFi/3G). I would refer to iPod if this is familiar to you.

[jersysman]

I guess some feel that some feel they are knowledgeable if they are rude.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The T68 offers audio. I'm not sure if it has speakers though. Sony used to offer audio with a headphone jack. So yes, others did or do offer audio.

Originally Posted by HarryT

No speakers on the T68 - just a headphone socket, or you can use Bluetooth speakers.

Well, then, I stand corrected.

Originally Posted by kacir

PocketBook and other brands mentioned by previous posters. Their flagship PocketBook Ultra (and some older models) has jack for headphones.
You can listen to mp3 player and use TTS in 22 languages. There are 40 voices available for download, including child voice.
It also has a camera and an [almost unusable] OCR software built in.
It is not Android device but a pure reader with Linux on it. There are lots of dictionaries, some third party programs and other stuff available for it.

I really could not possibly care less if I tried for years, about fringe devices that few people buy (possibly because it tries to be way too many things at once, so possibly settles for not doing anything the best, hmmm?). Enjoy your ereader-cum-camera-cum-OCR-suite-cum-stuff, but don't expect it to be the target of anyone's conversation but your own.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by Ghitulescu

Not space, but accessibility.
Think for once what would happen to your nicest ever eReader you had when it will develop a memory fault. Like a scientist with Alzheimer, it's an irreplaceable loss.
When an SD card get broken, another one could be fit in. The books should have been archived properly on another storage medium.

If the device storage develops a memory fault, I expect the firmware will stop working. The card will not help you at all...

unless you mean by moving the card to a new device. And it is just as easy to simply reload a new device from calibre. No irreplaceable loss, although you could conceivably lose a few minutes of your life staring at a circular icon because you have nothing else to do while waiting for the one-time-transfer to happen.

[kacir]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

I really could not possibly care less if I tried for years, about fringe devices that few people buy (possibly because it tries to be way too many things at once, so possibly settles for not doing anything the best, hmmm?). Enjoy your ereader-cum-camera-cum-OCR-suite-cum-stuff, but don't expect it to be the target of anyone's conversation but your own.

;-).
PocketBook is the best selling reading device in my country. They have stopped trying to compete in USA, because it is very difficult to compete against Amazon that sells e-ink devices for very tiny profit (*IF* they make profit on cheapest, add-supported kindles at all), making it up on books and content.

The OCR capability is awful. Camera is mediocre at best.
I do not have use for most of the apps that are available.
I do use their 14 e-book format support, SD card, nested directory library, user-installed fonts, dictionaries and, most importantly, configurability of the text presentation, such as fonts, font sizes, margins, hyphenation, justification, ...

I have owned a Kindle and other brands. You haven't even seen a PocketBook device.

[kaufman]

Originally Posted by kacir

I have owned a Kindle and other brands. You haven't even seen a PocketBook device.

Not true.

I saw someone with one at a trade show once.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

I really could not possibly care less if I tried for years, about fringe devices that few people buy (possibly because it tries to be way too many things at once, so possibly settles for not doing anything the best, hmmm?). Enjoy your ereader-cum-camera-cum-OCR-suite-cum-stuff, but don't expect it to be the target of anyone's conversation but your own.

I wouldn't really call PocketBook a fringe device/brand. While it's true they aren't sold as much in North America as they used to be, they are one of the largest brands available in parts of Europe.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by kacir

;-).
PocketBook is the best selling reading device in my country. They have stopped trying to compete in USA, because it is very difficult to compete against Amazon that sells e-ink devices for very tiny profit (*IF* they make profit on cheapest, add-supported kindles at all), making it up on books and content.

The OCR capability is awful. Camera is mediocre at best.
I do not have use for most of the apps that are available.
I do use their 14 e-book format support, SD card, nested directory library, user-installed fonts, dictionaries and, most importantly, configurability of the text presentation, such as fonts, font sizes, margins, hyphenation, justification, ...

I have owned a Kindle and other brands. You haven't even seen a PocketBook device.

Let me reiterate:

I still don't care. I am more than happy with my Kindle. Which has dictionaries, nested collections structure, user-installed fonts, unlimited format support via calibre, more onboard memory than I will ever fill up even without an SD card (read: a HELL of a lotta books)...
And you still shouldn't expect conversations to gravitate around whatever the Pocketbook does. It is generally understood that when most people think about ereaders, they are not thinking about fringe devices, regardless of whether or not they are the most popular device in any given country that doesn't happen to contain the majority of ereaders bought and sold.

When I ask "what ereaders offer audio" it is among the less helpful answers to point out some insignificant device made by an insignificant manufacturer and used by a vanishingly small percentage of even knowledgeable ereader nerds, as though that is somehow supposed to demonstrate that Amazon should jump on the bandwagon and offer it too (again).

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

I wouldn't really call PocketBook a fringe device/brand. While it's true they aren't sold as much in North America as they used to be, they are one of the largest brands available in parts of Europe.

Could you clarify "parts of Europe"? It perhaps inadvertently resembles a dodge.

[kacir]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

I still don't care.

;-)