Smallest almost ebook reader?

Quoth · 08-08-2023, 08:30 AM

Logik L2GBMP410
43 x 84 x 8.3 mm
1.8 inch colour LCD, 128×160 pixel

Actually it's a 2GB MP3/Video player I got S/H for €5, I was curious rather than wanting such a thing as I have a small old Android phone (4.3″) that has 32GB SD card and even some current Playstore apps for ebooks, mp3, audiobooks, etc. No SIM.

L4GBMP410 = 4GB
L8GBMP410 = 8GB

I was amazed the battery charged. Then further surprised to see Ebook on the menu.
It also can record on a built-in microphone.

Sadly it doesn't really do ebooks, not even as well as the Palm OS Z22, which is terrible. Just displays plain text files. Of course it uses horrid USB-MTP.

I've a smaller MP3 player that's actually a GSM smart watch that takes a real SIM, real SD card and user plugable battery. Still have GSM here. They are about $20 on eBay. But it doesn't even do text, except read/write SMS. It does have a camera and can record video/audio. Pretend to be a spy?

Quoth · 08-08-2023, 12:55 PM

The plain text sort of supports CP1252 (Calibre conversion from UTF8 and UNIX newlines), but closing quotes and apostrophes have an extra space. The text file is fine in a text editor that can do CP1252, though my default one doesn't. UTF8 will display but with [] boxes for any quotes, accented characters etc. Also arbitrarily breaks words to wrap and uses red for the text. Not very useful. The Palm Z22 (160 x 160 colour screen) is far better and has a much better UI.

08-08-2023, 08:30 AM	#1
Quoth the rook, bossing Never. Posts: 11,161 Karma: 85874891 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11	Smallest almost ebook reader? Logik L2GBMP410 43 x 84 x 8.3 mm 1.8 inch colour LCD, 128×160 pixel Actually it's a 2GB MP3/Video player I got S/H for €5, I was curious rather than wanting such a thing as I have a small old Android phone (4.3″) that has 32GB SD card and even some current Playstore apps for ebooks, mp3, audiobooks, etc. No SIM. L4GBMP410 = 4GB L8GBMP410 = 8GB I was amazed the battery charged. Then further surprised to see Ebook on the menu. It also can record on a built-in microphone. Sadly it doesn't really do ebooks, not even as well as the Palm OS Z22, which is terrible. Just displays plain text files. Of course it uses horrid USB-MTP. I've a smaller MP3 player that's actually a GSM smart watch that takes a real SIM, real SD card and user plugable battery. Still have GSM here. They are about $20 on eBay. But it doesn't even do text, except read/write SMS. It does have a camera and can record video/audio. Pretend to be a spy? Last edited by Quoth; 08-08-2023 at 08:34 AM.

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08-08-2023, 12:55 PM	#2
Quoth the rook, bossing Never. Posts: 11,161 Karma: 85874891 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11	The plain text sort of supports CP1252 (Calibre conversion from UTF8 and UNIX newlines), but closing quotes and apostrophes have an extra space. The text file is fine in a text editor that can do CP1252, though my default one doesn't. UTF8 will display but with [] boxes for any quotes, accented characters etc. Also arbitrarily breaks words to wrap and uses red for the text. Not very useful. The Palm Z22 (160 x 160 colour screen) is far better and has a much better UI.