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jetBook Color in Japan
This website has pictures of jetBook Color delivered to Japan during 2 days
http://smart-pda.net/review/jetbook_color/buy/ Not bad- 2nd day delivery by Fedex |
09-20-2012, 12:08 PM | #2 |
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I see they sent it back pretty quickly when they discovered just how dark the screen and how slow the software was.
On another note, I'm famous: http://smart-pda.net/review/jetbook_color/screen/ Andrew |
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09-20-2012, 03:51 PM | #4 |
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Kudos to FedEx on that. Interesting, i don' think mine has Japanese interface (not that i need it). I may have to check my firmware version.
I remember seeing this before, a pain in the butt to find but maybe they purchased it from here http://www.ectaco.com/japanese-page/EDU12 |
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I don't really get the whole screen is too dark thing. Maybe i have super man vision!! But i have never been reading on it saying to myself "man i wish this screen wasn't so dark". Maybe some of the people using it are doing so in caves!
Sort of why i liked my regular jetbook so much, it had and amber-like background which gave me a real book sorta feel. |
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Busy round here isn't it? Everyone must be feverishly reading on their jetbook colors. Andrew |
09-28-2012, 05:09 AM | #9 |
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Busy ignoring trash talkers...
Anyway, glad you have a JBC, Kris777! May you enjoy it for many years! |
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I do think it's a great device. Shame on people nitpicking on such minor flaws. |
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09-29-2012, 01:46 AM | #12 |
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Yeah, I read this device quite comfortably with a 1Watt LED bulb too.
One thing that's nice is the Amazon Kindle has front light included on their e-ink models! Something I wished the JBC had too! |
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I bought a white Sony PRS-T1 recently. The case is the same white as Jetbook. You know what? Sony PRS-T1 background (pearl) seems more gray than PRS 650 (same pearl). Impossibile?!
Ok I compared the two reader face-to-face and I noticed that (obviously) the background are the same: seeing PRS-T1 screen alone seems gray only because of the too white chassis. I'm not saying Jetbook Color is as white as Sony PRS-650 or T1 (I spent a lot of word about pearl vs triton) but certainly you will agree that the glow-white doesn't help. Anyway Andyh, have you developed your idea of to use the "atompub feature" to browse (for example) a book from calibre library? |
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now that's the worst photoshop edit I've seen in a while!
In real fact, the JBC's background is much lighter than the whitest background of those circles in the photo you posted! Last edited by ProDigit; 10-09-2012 at 01:25 AM. Reason: just... |
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