New and future ereader from Italy. Sony or V3 or..?

[idum]

Hi all, i'm writing from Italy.
I'm a great reader and in the last year, an ereader via PDA. It is a good device for reading, but not perfect for several reasons.

So i've decided to buy an ereader. Those are the request:

1) support for pdf, diju, prc (mobipocket)
2) possibility to see (landscape mode) nicely a rich-of graphic pdf, even if not "coloured"
3) not very costly

I've readed something in this forum, and if i understand well, i have to select from Sony and V3 and clones.

What do you suggest it is better? and why?

Thanks in advance
Ido

[AlfonsVH]

Hi there Ido, and welcome.

Displaying graphic-rich A4 PDF's on a 6" device is always very difficult. I know for a fact that the Hanlin v3 and derivatives can display PDF in landscape, but they aren't always perfectly readable (due to font size and sometimes erroneous rendering of graphics et cetera)
The v3/BeBook/lBook/... does support pdf, djvu, ePub, lit (non-drm), ppt, txt and many more, and will support Mobipocket very very soon. It also has complete nested folder support.

I haven't got any experience with the Sony reader, so I can't comment on that one.

[idum]

Thanks for your answer. Another question on your V3: it have some sort of illumination as needing or it need always of a light source (as abook)?

And where do you have buyed your device? I have actually only the link from "professor" that point at chinese shop, and... uhm.. well, not so affidable at a first look.

thanks in advance for the help

[JSWolf]

If you are displaying graphics, the Sony is currently the best of the 6" screen readers. It does display 8 shades where all the rest only display 4 shades and the Sony does very nice dithering with those 8 shades.

[Gudy]

Originally Posted by idum

Thanks for your answer. Another question on your V3: it have some sort of illumination as needing or it need always of a light source (as abook)?

Like with a book, you need an external light source.

Originally Posted by idum

And where do you have buyed your device? I have actually only the link from "professor" that point at chinese shop, and... uhm.. well, not so affidable at a first look.

I'm aware of two online shops in the EU selling the V3: iscriptum.eu from Estonia has all kinds of kits where they sell V3's with some nice accessories. Apollo XXI from Spain is where I bought mine. Their customer support is quite good in my experience, and if you don't want the accessories offered by iscriptum.eu, their price for a V3 R2 (V3 ext on the iscriptum site) is slightly better.

[AlfonsVH]

Originally Posted by idum

Thanks for your answer. Another question on your V3: it have some sort of illumination as needing or it need always of a light source (as abook)?

And where do you have buyed your device? I have actually only the link from "professor" that point at chinese shop, and... uhm.. well, not so affidable at a first look.

thanks in advance for the help

As Gudy mentioned, you always need an external light-source with E-ink displays.

I bought my device directly from BeBook; if it's cheaper or not depends on your location I guess.

[Slite]

Originally Posted by AlfonsVH

As Gudy mentioned, you always need an external light-source with E-ink displays.

I bought my device directly from BeBook; if it's cheaper or not depends on your location I guess.

Not to mention the fact that they shipped the BeBook EXTREMELY fast, I had it in my hand 4 days after I ordered it, shipped from the Netherlands to Sweden with priority mail.

[igorsk]

Eh, you consider 4 days inside Europe "fast"? Just today I've got some CDs from Japan which took just a bit above 24 hours going by the shipping notice email - that's what I call fast The bizarre thing is that it wasn't any kind of express service but simple airmail, while EMS usually takes 3 to 7 days.

[leandroide]

Originally Posted by idum

And where do you have buyed your device? I have actually only the link from "professor" that point at chinese shop, and... uhm.. well, not so affidable at a first look.

Hi!

In www.papyre.es they are selling the Papyre 6.1 (aka Hanlin V3) for 299€. This includes VAT and shipping in Spain... I don't know if they ship to Italy and the cost in this case.

Maybe you should call them and ask! They are very, very kind, and I received my ereader in less than 24 hours. They are in Granada and I am in the opposite corner of Spain!.

Regards,

L.

[idum]

Thanks all for the help.
I will deeply consider to buy the V3 in the next days.
Ido