Hello from Australia

Wozzzaaa · 10-11-2009, 09:44 PM

Hello
Iam Wozzzaaa from Australia, ive just bought my first ebook reader, a Foxit Eslick. I must say, iam a bit dissapointed in it. Anybody else got one of these? Whats the best forum to discuss it?

Cheers!!!

Patricia · 10-11-2009, 10:24 PM

Welcome to the forum, Wozzzaaa.

Do tell us why the Foxit ESlick is a disappointment. We haven't had many reviews, so comments are welcome.
I see that we have a wiki page for the device:
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/ESlick

but we don't yet have a dedicated section of the forum.

grimo1re · 10-11-2009, 10:26 PM

Another Aussie is always welcome

What on earth is an Eslick?

Update: After looking at the eSlick website, I'm not surprised you're disappointed. It only supports PDF and TXT files! Ouch!

nomesque · 10-11-2009, 10:30 PM

Welcome!

Huh - I've never heard of the Eslick. Sorry to hear it's been a disappointment though

WT Sharpe · 10-11-2009, 10:41 PM

Hello and welcome! I have a Kindle 2 and love it.

What part of Australia are you living in? I was privileged once to spend a week in Sydney in the late 60s and it was great. In those days, the women outnumbered the men about 7 to 1 in that city.

Wozzzaaa · 10-11-2009, 11:11 PM

Hey Everyone
Iam from Perth, Western Australia, called Dullesville by some, Paradise by others.

The Eslick was a bit of an impulse buy unfortunately, something which is very out of character for me. I bought it because the price was so cheap & they were shipping it overseas. To rub salt into a week after I bought it Amazon announced they will be shipping the kindle world wide.

I would be more then happy to review it, what forum would be the best home for it?

Cheers!!

Wozzzaaa

Wozzzaaa · 10-12-2009, 12:47 AM

Foxit have promised support for Epub & other formats in the next firmware version, & there is evidence of very active firmware development on their forums.

I will write a longer review later, but In short, my biggest problems with the eslick are

- Horribly Unstable
Stability while reading a large PDF is absolutely shocking. Iam reading Let The Right One In (Awesome book, highly recommended) & Eslick locks up practically every 50 pages. To reset I have to remove it out of the leather jacket & hunt for a paperclip. This is a huge nuisance since it fits very snuggly into the leather jacket. Ive resorted to carrying a paperclip around at all times now.

- Loss of Bookmark
Sometimes when it locks up, it doesnt remember what page I was upto.

- Short battery life.
So far, i estimate battery life of about 400 page turns.

Very very disappointing.

Stitchawl · 10-12-2009, 12:59 AM

Hi Wozzzaaa, welcome to MobilRead.
Perhaps some of your problems with your reader are both time related (battery life will improve after a few chargings) and specific book related (Both crashing and losing bookmarks) I sometimes have this same problem with some pdf files in my Sony. Other pdf files read though just fine.
Let's hope that all your problems resolve themselves either though time or firmware upgrades. E-books can be such a delight... when everything is working correctly!

Stitchawl

Wozzzaaa · 10-12-2009, 01:23 AM

Hehehehe, thanks, i was thinking on the lines of something similar. Battery life doesnt bother me as i can charge it nightly, but it makes it hard when all Eslick currently supports is txt & PDF. If this new firmware they are promising will support EPUB, all will be good, otherwise onto Ebay the Eslick will go!!!

I wish i could pot open Inkpot on it but no support yet

neilmarr · 10-12-2009, 01:44 AM

Seems pretty limited, Wozzzaa. If you'd like to drop me an email, though, I'll send you as attachments a couple of recrent novels set in Australia (in PDF) to nicely fill in a few hours. Good to have your company. Neil

ntmarrATbewrite.net (use the @ sign)

neilmarr · 10-12-2009, 02:20 AM

Hya, Wozzzaa: if you check your email, you'll find both ebooks. Come back for more any time. Maybe we can keep you reading happily until the new firmware comes along for Eslick. Cheers. Neil

www.bewrite.net

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-12-2009, 05:42 PM

Welcome to MR!

WT Sharpe · 10-12-2009, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wozzzaaa

Hey Everyone
Iam from Perth, Western Australia, called Dullesville by some, Paradise by others.

And what would you call it, Wozzzaaa?

I found Sydney to be pretty exciting. Of course, it's nearly 4,000 kilometers from where you are, so I'm not suggesting you take a day to visit, but it is nice.

Wozzzaaa · 10-13-2009, 02:59 AM

I would call it somewhere in between. Due to our moronic state government, all the shops close 6:00pm & are closed on Sundays - its illegal to trade outside tightly regulated regular business hours. So after dark there is not much to do. Everything is closed.

If your older, then its peaceful, quiet, relaxing, relatively unspoilt, there isnt that much of a frantic rat-race like on the East Coast. Ive been to Sydney & didnt like it much, everybody there seems to work waay too hard, usually by necessity due to high cost of living.

Overall Perth, is good, a country town growing up very fast in its mid 20's i reckon.

Incidentally, while Foxit Corp. in in the USA, my Eslick was shipped to me directly from China!!

WT Sharpe · 10-13-2009, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wozzzaaa

I would call it somewhere in between. Due to our moronic state government, all the shops close 6:00pm & are closed on Sundays - its illegal to trade outside tightly regulated regular business hours. So after dark there is not much to do. Everything is closed.

If your older, then its peaceful, quiet, relaxing, relatively unspoilt, there isnt that much of a frantic rat-race like on the East Coast. Ive been to Sydney & didnt like it much, everybody there seems to work waay too hard, usually by necessity due to high cost of living.

Overall Perth, is good, a country town growing up very fast in its mid 20's i reckon.

Incidentally, while Foxit Corp. in in the USA, my Eslick was shipped to me directly from China!!

I used to think 'd like to live in the remote boonies with a convenience store and a large library within walking distance. Now I think a computer, a convenience store, and a Kindle is all I'd need. But there are times when big city life is appealing.

10-11-2009, 09:44 PM	#1
Wozzzaaa Copyright Liberationist Posts: 18 Karma: 60 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Eslick	Hello from Australia Hello Iam Wozzzaaa from Australia, ive just bought my first ebook reader, a Foxit Eslick. I must say, iam a bit dissapointed in it. Anybody else got one of these? Whats the best forum to discuss it? Cheers!!!

10-11-2009, 10:26 PM	#3
grimo1re Geekette Posts: 435 Karma: 3335 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NSW, Australia Device: Sony Reader PRS500, PocketBook 360	Another Aussie is always welcome What on earth is an Eslick? Update: After looking at the eSlick website, I'm not surprised you're disappointed. It only supports PDF and TXT files! Ouch! Last edited by grimo1re; 10-11-2009 at 10:30 PM. Reason: Update: looked at eSlick website

10-12-2009, 12:47 AM	#7
Wozzzaaa Copyright Liberationist Posts: 18 Karma: 60 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Eslick	Foxit have promised support for Epub & other formats in the next firmware version, & there is evidence of very active firmware development on their forums. I will write a longer review later, but In short, my biggest problems with the eslick are - Horribly Unstable Stability while reading a large PDF is absolutely shocking. Iam reading Let The Right One In (Awesome book, highly recommended) & Eslick locks up practically every 50 pages. To reset I have to remove it out of the leather jacket & hunt for a paperclip. This is a huge nuisance since it fits very snuggly into the leather jacket. Ive resorted to carrying a paperclip around at all times now. - Loss of Bookmark Sometimes when it locks up, it doesnt remember what page I was upto. - Short battery life. So far, i estimate battery life of about 400 page turns. Very very disappointing. Last edited by Wozzzaaa; 10-12-2009 at 12:51 AM.

10-12-2009, 01:23 AM	#9
Wozzzaaa Copyright Liberationist Posts: 18 Karma: 60 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Eslick	Hehehehe, thanks, i was thinking on the lines of something similar. Battery life doesnt bother me as i can charge it nightly, but it makes it hard when all Eslick currently supports is txt & PDF. If this new firmware they are promising will support EPUB, all will be good, otherwise onto Ebay the Eslick will go!!! I wish i could pot open Inkpot on it but no support yet Last edited by Wozzzaaa; 10-12-2009 at 01:27 AM.

10-13-2009, 02:59 AM	#14
Wozzzaaa Copyright Liberationist Posts: 18 Karma: 60 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Eslick	I would call it somewhere in between. Due to our moronic state government, all the shops close 6:00pm & are closed on Sundays - its illegal to trade outside tightly regulated regular business hours. So after dark there is not much to do. Everything is closed. If your older, then its peaceful, quiet, relaxing, relatively unspoilt, there isnt that much of a frantic rat-race like on the East Coast. Ive been to Sydney & didnt like it much, everybody there seems to work waay too hard, usually by necessity due to high cost of living. Overall Perth, is good, a country town growing up very fast in its mid 20's i reckon. Incidentally, while Foxit Corp. in in the USA, my Eslick was shipped to me directly from China!! Last edited by Wozzzaaa; 10-13-2009 at 03:07 AM.

10-11-2009, 10:24 PM	#2
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	Welcome to the forum, Wozzzaaa. Do tell us why the Foxit ESlick is a disappointment. We haven't had many reviews, so comments are welcome. I see that we have a wiki page for the device: https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/ESlick but we don't yet have a dedicated section of the forum.

10-11-2009, 10:30 PM	#4
nomesque Snooty Bestselling Author Posts: 1,485 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ipswich, QLD, Australia Device: PRS-650	Welcome! Huh - I've never heard of the Eslick. Sorry to hear it's been a disappointment though

10-11-2009, 10:41 PM	#5
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,073 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Hello and welcome! I have a Kindle 2 and love it. What part of Australia are you living in? I was privileged once to spend a week in Sydney in the late 60s and it was great. In those days, the women outnumbered the men about 7 to 1 in that city.

10-11-2009, 11:11 PM	#6
Wozzzaaa Copyright Liberationist Posts: 18 Karma: 60 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Eslick	Hey Everyone Iam from Perth, Western Australia, called Dullesville by some, Paradise by others. The Eslick was a bit of an impulse buy unfortunately, something which is very out of character for me. I bought it because the price was so cheap & they were shipping it overseas. To rub salt into a week after I bought it Amazon announced they will be shipping the kindle world wide. I would be more then happy to review it, what forum would be the best home for it? Cheers!! Wozzzaaa

10-12-2009, 12:59 AM	#8
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Hi Wozzzaaa, welcome to MobilRead. Perhaps some of your problems with your reader are both time related (battery life will improve after a few chargings) and specific book related (Both crashing and losing bookmarks) I sometimes have this same problem with some pdf files in my Sony. Other pdf files read though just fine. Let's hope that all your problems resolve themselves either though time or firmware upgrades. E-books can be such a delight... when everything is working correctly! Stitchawl

10-12-2009, 01:44 AM	#10
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,216 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Seems pretty limited, Wozzzaa. If you'd like to drop me an email, though, I'll send you as attachments a couple of recrent novels set in Australia (in PDF) to nicely fill in a few hours. Good to have your company. Neil ntmarrATbewrite.net (use the @ sign)

10-12-2009, 02:20 AM	#11
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,216 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Hya, Wozzzaa: if you check your email, you'll find both ebooks. Come back for more any time. Maybe we can keep you reading happily until the new firmware comes along for Eslick. Cheers. Neil www.bewrite.net

10-12-2009, 05:42 PM	#12
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Welcome to MR!

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