JUST RECEIVED MY NEW E-READER-FROM CHINA

tonyas · 07-02-2011, 04:05 PM

Well Hello, my name is Tony.

I am married, 43 years now that must qualify for something? Have one daughter & two grandchildren, they live in Brussels. I retired at the early age of 62 & used to work as an investigator in C&E, now part of the Revenue & before that was in the Royal Air Force for 31 years. Much of my recent work has been financially orientated.

I live in a nice village in the east of England.

I Like reading military history & particularly concentrate on the Peninsular War. I collect Folio Society books but buy them second-hand, as this is cheaper. I enjoy walking; I have even lost some weight since I retired.
I have recently volunteered to help out at our local library if the council transfers it to volunteers, we live in interesting times.

I have just bought an e-reader on eBay an 'e-book reader A121' only cost £37 with a nice free leather case. I have got it working but have yet to be able to download anything. I may ask for help later!....

This looks a nice friendly forum. Will write again later.

Regards Tony

GA Russell · 07-02-2011, 07:37 PM

Welcome Tony!

Let us know when you determine the brand of your eBook reader.

MickeyC · 07-02-2011, 08:30 PM

Hi Tony and welcome to MobileRead. I used to live in Biggleswade in Beds and do miss the pubs.

If you like military history, you should try the Flashman series written by George MacDonald Fraser. Although they are fiction, they are very accurate accounts of momentous events in Victorian history (Charge of the Light Brigade, Sacking of the Summer Palace etc). They are very funny and very historically accurate.

GeoffC · 07-03-2011, 01:15 AM

May I offer you a warm welcome to Mobileread Forums.

Have a browse around, you may have already discovered the Main Forum is laid out in a logical manner.

Everyone’s friendly, if you need any help, do ask around. Members with Green names are the hard-working Moderators…(they don’t bite, just keep the rest of us safe.)

If you want a non-technical chat or three, pop into the Lounge .

check out our Wiki for other information ....

Please join in and enjoy your stay .....

After about a week, and at least 10 posts, you’ll be able to add a signature - now wouldn’t that be worth waiting for? (although check the guidelines).

neilmarr · 07-03-2011, 04:15 AM

Good to have your company, Tony. Happy e-reading and best wishes. Neil

hildetsj · 07-03-2011, 04:46 AM

my goodness, 43 years!! that is something! was it easy to order from China? Somehow that is the country I never buy anything from....they have so much fake things and one time many years ago I did buy something there and the police send me a letter that I was doing illegal things and they would destroy what I bought or send me a fine....easy choice that was...anyway...do tell us more about how it goes with the reader

tonyas · 07-03-2011, 08:54 AM

Thank all for you’re the very kind welcome to the forum.

GA I think determining the brand of my ‘e-reader’ may be a problem; it may well be a cloned copy/mixture. I just looked on ebay & there are now no more of the type I bought. As I was going to give a link to see what you thought, may I bother you with the description?
Description :

7 inch ebook reader
Audio player,Radio player,Bookmark function,Calendar function
*Display Type: powered by cPAPER technology
*7 inch 480*800 Pixels TFT screen
*support video format:AVI,FLV,WAV,WMA,RM,RMVB
*Support Music format: MP3,WMA,FLAC,AAC,OGG,APE
*Replay setting: once, single repeat, all one time, all repeat, audition
*Play setting: order, shuffle
*Audio: normal, Microsoft Audio,%2osition:bottom%7sic, Bass, Jazz
*Recording function
*Image view: support image format JPG, BMP, image to enlarge, image narrow
*Image rotation: support 0, 90, 180, 270 degree rotation
*Browsing history feature
*TXT text: support ANSI/UNICODE coding.
*FB2 text: support ANSI/UTF-8 coding
*HTML text: support ANSI/UTF-8 coding
*PDB text: support palm DOC format
*PDF text: support PDF version 1.3/1.4/1.5
*EPUB text: support OCF specification
*Bookmark function
*Browsing mode.: support manual mode and auto mode
*Auto flip function: support 10 sec, 30 sec, 50 sec, 80 sec, 100 sec and 120 sec
*Font Enlarging function
*Menu language: Simplified Chinese, English and traditional Chinese, English, Spanish/Japanese, Portuguese French South Korea/German, Dutch Italian, Malay, Turkish, Indonesia
*Support date and time
*Calendar function
*Auto shutdown time: support 3 min,5 min, 10 min, 15 min, 20 min and Auto shutdown off
*System restore function
*SNR: equal or more than 90dB
*Support software update
*TF card: build-in 4GB storage, support TF card external.(Max 16GB)
*The longest playing time: Audio 18 hours, video 6~7 hours
*Electronic book reading: about 12 hours, 3500 pages.
*Accessories: manual, charger
*Charger Specification: input AC100~240V 50/60Hz output: DC5.0~5.5V 500mA~1500mA
*interface Specification USB2.0(High Speed)
*Built-in Lithium battery(3.7V,2000mAh)

Sorry for length but that’s it. I must say it looks a well-made bit of kit, its reasonably heavy & of course has the nice free leather case. It has more memory than my 8-year-old PC.

Cassidym Thanks for the suggestion of Flashman series by George MacDonald Fraser. I remember reading one of his books quite a few years ago – I don’t now know why I didn’t like/carry on reading them, but now you have mentioned him I will certainly give him another go.
Have you read the Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell? This is my particular area the peninsular war it won’t be too long before it is the bi-centenary of Waterloo. I have just given all my Sharpe books plus loads more to charity as have had to reduce my bookshelves. It is now a case of if I buy a book I must get rid of an old one – difficult to decide what to get rid of. It was this shortage of shelves, which prompted me to buy an e-reader & the potential thousands of free classic books there to download.

Hildetsj I understand your reservations about such a purchase from China I thought I might well be risking getting an item that did not operate as described, but the company has a good ‘feedback’ on ebay so I took a chance time will tell if I was correct or if I am later asking for advice on buying another e-reader.

Regards Tony

ImogenRose · 07-06-2011, 01:51 AM

Hello and welcome to MR!

Imogen

lestatar · 07-06-2011, 03:51 AM

Indeed tonyas, welcome to MR.

Your device, from the specs, is more of a tablet device to me than a pure, dedicated ebook reader. Note the plentiful music and video format supports.

Nice!

Do enjoy it and for sure, lots of nice people around here who will try and help out if you need it.

jbcohen · 07-06-2011, 11:55 AM

Is this your reader? Its called a Noodle Color, got the image on images.google.com.

07-02-2011, 04:05 PM	#1
tonyas Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: e-book reader a121	JUST RECEIVED MY NEW E-READER-FROM CHINA Well Hello, my name is Tony. I am married, 43 years now that must qualify for something? Have one daughter & two grandchildren, they live in Brussels. I retired at the early age of 62 & used to work as an investigator in C&E, now part of the Revenue & before that was in the Royal Air Force for 31 years. Much of my recent work has been financially orientated. I live in a nice village in the east of England. I Like reading military history & particularly concentrate on the Peninsular War. I collect Folio Society books but buy them second-hand, as this is cheaper. I enjoy walking; I have even lost some weight since I retired. I have recently volunteered to help out at our local library if the council transfers it to volunteers, we live in interesting times. I have just bought an e-reader on eBay an 'e-book reader A121' only cost £37 with a nice free leather case. I have got it working but have yet to be able to download anything. I may ask for help later!.... This looks a nice friendly forum. Will write again later. Regards Tony

07-06-2011, 11:55 AM	#10
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,025 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Piper College Device: Samsung A21	Is this your reader? Its called a Noodle Color, got the image on images.google.com. Attached Thumbnails

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07-02-2011, 07:37 PM	#2
GA Russell Montreal wins Grey Cup! Posts: 7,583 Karma: 31484197 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	Welcome Tony! Let us know when you determine the brand of your eBook reader.

07-02-2011, 08:30 PM	#3
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,732 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi Tony and welcome to MobileRead. I used to live in Biggleswade in Beds and do miss the pubs. If you like military history, you should try the Flashman series written by George MacDonald Fraser. Although they are fiction, they are very accurate accounts of momentous events in Victorian history (Charge of the Light Brigade, Sacking of the Summer Palace etc). They are very funny and very historically accurate.

07-03-2011, 01:15 AM	#4
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	May I offer you a warm welcome to Mobileread Forums. Have a browse around, you may have already discovered the Main Forum is laid out in a logical manner. Everyone’s friendly, if you need any help, do ask around. Members with Green names are the hard-working Moderators…(they don’t bite, just keep the rest of us safe.) If you want a non-technical chat or three, pop into the Lounge . check out our Wiki for other information .... Please join in and enjoy your stay ..... After about a week, and at least 10 posts, you’ll be able to add a signature - now wouldn’t that be worth waiting for? (although check the guidelines).

07-03-2011, 04:15 AM	#5
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,216 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Good to have your company, Tony. Happy e-reading and best wishes. Neil

07-03-2011, 04:46 AM	#6
hildetsj Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: belgium Device: sony 600 PRS	my goodness, 43 years!! that is something! was it easy to order from China? Somehow that is the country I never buy anything from....they have so much fake things and one time many years ago I did buy something there and the police send me a letter that I was doing illegal things and they would destroy what I bought or send me a fine....easy choice that was...anyway...do tell us more about how it goes with the reader

07-03-2011, 08:54 AM	#7
tonyas Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: e-book reader a121	Thank all for you’re the very kind welcome to the forum. GA I think determining the brand of my ‘e-reader’ may be a problem; it may well be a cloned copy/mixture. I just looked on ebay & there are now no more of the type I bought. As I was going to give a link to see what you thought, may I bother you with the description? Description : 7 inch ebook reader Audio player,Radio player,Bookmark function,Calendar function Display Type: powered by cPAPER technology 7 inch 480800 Pixels TFT screen support video format:AVI,FLV,WAV,WMA,RM,RMVB Support Music format: MP3,WMA,FLAC,AAC,OGG,APE Replay setting: once, single repeat, all one time, all repeat, audition Play setting: order, shuffle Audio: normal, Microsoft Audio,%2osition:bottom%7sic, Bass, Jazz Recording function Image view: support image format JPG, BMP, image to enlarge, image narrow Image rotation: support 0, 90, 180, 270 degree rotation Browsing history feature TXT text: support ANSI/UNICODE coding. FB2 text: support ANSI/UTF-8 coding HTML text: support ANSI/UTF-8 coding PDB text: support palm DOC format PDF text: support PDF version 1.3/1.4/1.5 EPUB text: support OCF specification Bookmark function Browsing mode.: support manual mode and auto mode Auto flip function: support 10 sec, 30 sec, 50 sec, 80 sec, 100 sec and 120 sec Font Enlarging function Menu language: Simplified Chinese, English and traditional Chinese, English, Spanish/Japanese, Portuguese French South Korea/German, Dutch Italian, Malay, Turkish, Indonesia Support date and time Calendar function Auto shutdown time: support 3 min,5 min, 10 min, 15 min, 20 min and Auto shutdown off System restore function SNR: equal or more than 90dB Support software update TF card: build-in 4GB storage, support TF card external.(Max 16GB) The longest playing time: Audio 18 hours, video 6~7 hours Electronic book reading: about 12 hours, 3500 pages. Accessories: manual, charger Charger Specification: input AC100~240V 50/60Hz output: DC5.0~5.5V 500mA~1500mA interface Specification USB2.0(High Speed) Built-in Lithium battery(3.7V,2000mAh) Sorry for length but that’s it. I must say it looks a well-made bit of kit, its reasonably heavy & of course has the nice free leather case. It has more memory than my 8-year-old PC. Cassidym Thanks for the suggestion of Flashman series by George MacDonald Fraser. I remember reading one of his books quite a few years ago – I don’t now know why I didn’t like/carry on reading them, but now you have mentioned him I will certainly give him another go. Have you read the Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell? This is my particular area the peninsular war it won’t be too long before it is the bi-centenary of Waterloo. I have just given all my Sharpe books plus loads more to charity as have had to reduce my bookshelves. It is now a case of if I buy a book I must get rid of an old one – difficult to decide what to get rid of. It was this shortage of shelves, which prompted me to buy an e-reader & the potential thousands of free classic books there to download. Hildetsj I understand your reservations about such a purchase from China I thought I might well be risking getting an item that did not operate as described, but the company has a good ‘feedback’ on ebay so I took a chance time will tell if I was correct or if I am later asking for advice on buying another e-reader. Regards Tony

07-06-2011, 01:51 AM	#8
ImogenRose PORTAL Posts: 7,204 Karma: 2884640 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Kindle 1, Kindle 3 (3G), iPhone	Hello and welcome to MR! Imogen

07-06-2011, 03:51 AM	#9
lestatar LB's lolz Mutt Minion Posts: 2,902 Karma: 5700001 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Hong Kong now but NYC forever Device: Kindle3, GalaxyTab, BB Bold9700, BB 8300, Sony Clie, Palm Vx, Palm III	Indeed tonyas, welcome to MR. Your device, from the specs, is more of a tablet device to me than a pure, dedicated ebook reader. Note the plentiful music and video format supports. Nice! Do enjoy it and for sure, lots of nice people around here who will try and help out if you need it.

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