10-09-2010, 08:01 AM | #16 |
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Am I the only one that finds it cheap looking?
Looks like it would be a cool eReader for a kid though. |
10-09-2010, 04:38 PM | #17 |
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Nope. I would buy it if I could justify getting a second so soon. But I can't. Now if it was $75...
That thing is small! |
10-09-2010, 05:43 PM | #18 |
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Epic, yes, I think it looks cheap. I already said the red one looks like an etch-a-sketch, and they all look like children's toys.
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10-09-2010, 05:55 PM | #19 |
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Just one thought: in many countries a "cheap" looking device is the only one that's worth carrying around. If something looks cool, trendy and pro, it will quickly attract thieves or muggers...
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10-09-2010, 06:28 PM | #20 |
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if you use Calibre and convert any ePub book to TXT it reads pretty well so i think its not that big of an issue, especially figuring that for $99 bucks ur saving a lot!
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10-09-2010, 07:52 PM | #21 | |
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The fact that they support .fb2 suggests that the device should be capable of supporting epub. I have already emailed Ectaco and told them I thought they would loose a lot of sales by not supporting ePub on the device itself and that suggesting that someone use third party software (no matter how good) to convert to .fb2 or .txt was not really supporting those other formats. -- Bill |
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10-12-2010, 11:09 AM | #23 | |
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"Support for LIT, MOBI, EPUB, HTML, PRC, RTF, PDB, PDF via Calibre conversion to TXT and FB2" |
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10-12-2010, 11:58 AM | #24 |
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10-12-2010, 09:27 PM | #26 |
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Maybe I'm reading it wrong but because the way it was listed it made it appear to me that PDF's are the only format that needed converting. If you are correct I can't understand why Ectaco wouldn't put the same software in it that they have for the other Jetbooks. Perhaps they didn't want to incorporate the extra expense of adding an Adobe Mobile license.
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10-12-2010, 10:44 PM | #28 | |
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That being said, I suspect that the limited format support is because they probably pared the processor and memory of the unit down to increase battery life. Not a bad trade off... if they had chosen ePub instead of .fb2. If you are planning on reading mostly PG books, you probably loose nothing. If you want to read newer works though, you have to depend on well Calibre supports .fb2 (its my understanding, maybe mistaken that .fb2 support while functional, is not a super high priority for Calibre). -- Bill |
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