Cybook Gen 3 is dead, need a new reader

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by crAss

I will place an order for the cybook muse frontlight.

Please post your thoughts when you get it and have a chance to use it a bit. We don't hear enough about Bookeen devices these days.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Please post your thoughts when you get it and have a chance to use it a bit. We don't hear enough about Bookeen devices these days.

That's because Bookeen refuses to sell to places where it might sell better.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

That's because Bookeen refuses to sell to places where it might sell better.

Where do they refuse to ship their readers to?

[kacir]

Originally Posted by Nate the great

Onyx makes ereaders which fill every requirement except waterproof. So does Pocketbook.

PocketBook does have waterproof model. That one doesn't have frontlight.

Onyx has interesting models available.
Look at http://the-digital-reader.com/2016/04/21/100656/ <-- this is link to blog by Nate the great
Android, metal body, waterproof, frontlit, no buttons

Have a look at Tolino from Deutsche Telekom. They do have front-lit waterproof model with 300dpi front-lit screen and tap2flip technology.

Android is a nice thing to have on an e-ink reader. Not to play Angry birds or browse net, or install general purpose apps, but you are not limited in your choice of reading app. You can choose from CoolReader, Moon+ reader, Alreader, FBReader, ...
Please note that most of Android reading apps are optimized for tablets and phones with textured page packgrounds, pastel collors and other stuff out-of-box. They have to be configured for e-ink. Some apps also require Menu and Back button for smooth operation so it can be awkward to set up them. Every time you need to go back one menu level you have to go to home screen, start the app again go to menu again ...
Still worth it, IMHO.

I was spoiled by great configurability and fantastic third-party apps of old PocketBook models and I want to have something like that on my e-ink reader. That is why I emphasize Android.
In newer models from PocketBook the great configurability is eroding away slowly with each firmware "improvement". You can't, for example, select an app that would open a specific book using extension.cfg for some formats, you can only set an app that will open all *.epub files globally.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Where do they refuse to ship their readers to?

I know Bookeen is not selling in the US. I looked into them before I bought the H2O.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I know Bookeen is not selling in the US. I looked into them before I bought the H2O.

They'll certainly ship their devices there, just as companies like Onyx and Pocketbook will. The fact they aren't available in B&M stores is not at all the same thing as your claim that they "refuse to sell there".

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by crAss

My current library is in mobi format and in calibre as well apart from the cybook gen3...I guess it will be easier to just convert everything in epub in the pc and copy back to the new reader.
Do you know if both support folders structure and copy/paste from the pc?

Do a mass conversion and take your wife (or girlfriend) out to dinner.

[Nate the great]

I thought that model was no longer available.

Originally Posted by kacir

PocketBook does have waterproof model. That one doesn't have frontlight.

Onyx has interesting models available.
Look at http://the-digital-reader.com/2016/04/21/100656/ <-- this is link to blog by Nate the great
Android, metal body, waterproof, frontlit, no buttons

Have a look at Tolino from Deutsche Telekom. They do have front-lit waterproof model with 300dpi front-lit screen and tap2flip technology.

Android is a nice thing to have on an e-ink reader. Not to play Angry birds or browse net, or install general purpose apps, but you are not limited in your choice of reading app. You can choose from CoolReader, Moon+ reader, Alreader, FBReader, ...
Please note that most of Android reading apps are optimized for tablets and phones with textured page packgrounds, pastel collors and other stuff out-of-box. They have to be configured for e-ink. Some apps also require Menu and Back button for smooth operation so it can be awkward to set up them. Every time you need to go back one menu level you have to go to home screen, start the app again go to menu again ...
Still worth it, IMHO.

I was spoiled by great configurability and fantastic third-party apps of old PocketBook models and I want to have something like that on my e-ink reader. That is why I emphasize Android.
In newer models from PocketBook the great configurability is eroding away slowly with each firmware "improvement". You can't, for example, select an app that would open a specific book using extension.cfg for some formats, you can only set an app that will open all *.epub files globally.

[crAss]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Please post your thoughts when you get it and have a chance to use it a bit. We don't hear enough about Bookeen devices these days.

The ebook is traveling to me currently, will have it in my hands tomorrow. I will write my thoughts about it as soon as I get it and use it a bit. From one cybook to the next after 8+ years...for sure the longest living electronic device I use on a daily basis...

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by crAss

The ebook is traveling to me currently, will have it in my hands tomorrow. I will write my thoughts about it as soon as I get it and use it a bit. From one cybook to the next after 8+ years...for sure the longest living electronic device I use on a daily basis...

I have a 15-year-old Sony TV .

[Phogg]

Originally Posted by kacir

PocketBook does have waterproof model. That one doesn't have frontlight.

Onyx has interesting models available.
Look at http://the-digital-reader.com/2016/04/21/100656/ <-- this is link to blog by Nate the great
Android, metal body, waterproof, frontlit, no buttons

Have a look at Tolino from Deutsche Telekom. They do have front-lit waterproof model with 300dpi front-lit screen and tap2flip technology.

Android is a nice thing to have on an e-ink reader. Not to play Angry birds or browse net, or install general purpose apps, but you are not limited in your choice of reading app. You can choose from CoolReader, Moon+ reader, Alreader, FBReader, ...
Please note that most of Android reading apps are optimized for tablets and phones with textured page packgrounds, pastel collors and other stuff out-of-box. They have to be configured for e-ink. Some apps also require Menu and Back button for smooth operation so it can be awkward to set up them. Every time you need to go back one menu level you have to go to home screen, start the app again go to menu again ...
Still worth it, IMHO.

I was spoiled by great configurability and fantastic third-party apps of old PocketBook models and I want to have something like that on my e-ink reader. That is why I emphasize Android.
In newer models from PocketBook the great configurability is eroding away slowly with each firmware "improvement". You can't, for example, select an app that would open a specific book using extension.cfg for some formats, you can only set an app that will open all *.epub files globally.

The Onyx Boox Kepler Pro does have buttons. They are on the sides rather than on the bezel. Watch the Charbax video.