jetBook mini - many pictures and review in Russian

Kris777 · 10-31-2010, 05:00 AM

the-ebook.org just posted this review with many jetBook mini pictures

Google translation

Kris777 · 11-02-2010, 12:49 PM

One more review in English on http://goodereader.com/ website:
http://goodereader.com/blog/electron...-jetbook-mini/

GA Russell · 11-02-2010, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Kris777

One more review in English on http://goodereader.com/ website:
http://goodereader.com/blog/electron...-jetbook-mini/

Interesting that the reviewer said that the Mini might be appealling at $50. I think it will go for near that close to Christmas.

I don't think many people bought the JBL at the list price of $149 last year, and I doubt many will buy the Mini at its list this year.

MaggieScratch · 11-09-2010, 11:59 AM

Yikes! From a translation of the Russian review:

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Testing format FB2 showed that the entire layout of the book is completely ignored. It remains only to use this format for reading, but the quality he is no different from TXT. The device does not understand FB2 packed in a ZIP.

If you can't even do a decent conversion to FB2, that's going to be a REALLY hard sell.

soondai · 11-09-2010, 01:34 PM

still just the 2 reviews on Newegg, so I'm guessing no one is biting on this one.

I agree with the 50 dollar comment. I read where someone on this forum maligned the jBL (unfairly), saying it should have just been marketed as a 75 dollar Gutenberg reader.

I think this actually applies to the Mini. I think that they might find a niche if they marked it down to 65 or less (now that e-ink is hitting 99--Kobos and Nook refurbs) and just touted it as a reader for free books.

Blossom · 11-09-2010, 03:43 PM

I asked the company about details on the Mini's FB2 support and was told it pretty much just a plain text reader. So it doesn't fully support FB2. There's no way I'd paid $99 for a reader that only does plain text files. They told me to go with the Lite version.

bill_mchale · 11-09-2010, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by soondai

still just the 2 reviews on Newegg, so I'm guessing no one is biting on this one.

I agree with the 50 dollar comment. I read where someone on this forum maligned the jBL (unfairly), saying it should have just been marketed as a 75 dollar Gutenberg reader.

I think this actually applies to the Mini. I think that they might find a niche if they marked it down to 65 or less (now that e-ink is hitting 99--Kobos and Nook refurbs) and just touted it as a reader for free books.

That might make sense. Even better, include a 2 GB SD card loaded with the thousand or so most popular PG titles.

Of course if it handles PG texts better than the Jetbook originally did, it will be a decent PG reader. I remember early on, I had to write scripts to strip out newline characters (except at paragraph boundries) and if I remember correctly, add indentations to get PG books to display correctly.

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Bill

MaggieScratch · 11-09-2010, 05:32 PM

PG now has downloads available in Mobipocket and ePub, if that helps.

bill_mchale · 11-09-2010, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by MaggieScratch

PG now has downloads available in Mobipocket and ePub, if that helps.

Not necessary. The original Jetbook fixed the problem a long time ago. In a sense it was PG's fault since the included hard line breaks after 80 characters. Still, it wasn't hard to reformat the books as I needed them.

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Bill

jlg432 · 11-16-2010, 12:22 AM

Concerning the JB -Mini advert email I received from Ectaco. I originally though that they had expanded the format coverage until I reached the end of the sentence.

Taken from their email
"Supported formats: LIT, MOBI, EPUB, HTML, PRC, RTF, PDB, PDF with Calibre file conversion to TXT and FB2."

I guess one could say any e-reader supports all formats as long as there is a format converter to do the job.

I wonder how many people will be taken in by this line and not realize that it only supports 2 formats.

I find this kind of advertising shifty.

John

Seabound · 11-16-2010, 01:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlg432

Concerning the JB -Mini advert email I received from Ectaco. I originally though that they had expanded the format coverage until I reached the end of the sentence.

Taken from their email
"Supported formats: LIT, MOBI, EPUB, HTML, PRC, RTF, PDB, PDF with Calibre file conversion to TXT and FB2."

I guess one could say any e-reader supports all formats as long as there is a format converter to do the job.

I wonder how many people will be taken in by this line and not realize that it only supports 2 formats.

I find this kind of advertising shifty.

John

I find their line on "supported formats" to be misleading.

Solicitous · 11-24-2010, 06:09 PM

I'm not going to start a new thread, but I found today when I was looking for a good calculator the JetBook Mini here in Australia for $99.
http://www.calculatorking.com.au/fea...book-mini.html

So if any Australian's are looking at getting one, $50 cheaper than buying from Ectaco directly (BTW I am NOT affiliated with either company, I just stumbled across it).

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11-02-2010, 12:49 PM	#2
Kris777 Banned Posts: 1,767 Karma: 2520493 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: Nexus 7, jetBook-Lite, jetBook mini, Toshiba Thrive, JETBOOK COLOR	One more review in English on http://goodereader.com/ website: http://goodereader.com/blog/electron...-jetbook-mini/

11-09-2010, 01:34 PM	#5
soondai Guru Posts: 672 Karma: 1109784 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Paperwhite	still just the 2 reviews on Newegg, so I'm guessing no one is biting on this one. I agree with the 50 dollar comment. I read where someone on this forum maligned the jBL (unfairly), saying it should have just been marketed as a 75 dollar Gutenberg reader. I think this actually applies to the Mini. I think that they might find a niche if they marked it down to 65 or less (now that e-ink is hitting 99--Kobos and Nook refurbs) and just touted it as a reader for free books.

11-09-2010, 03:43 PM	#6
Blossom Treasure Seeker Posts: 18,708 Karma: 26026435 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices	I asked the company about details on the Mini's FB2 support and was told it pretty much just a plain text reader. So it doesn't fully support FB2. There's no way I'd paid $99 for a reader that only does plain text files. They told me to go with the Lite version.

11-09-2010, 05:32 PM	#8
MaggieScratch Has got to the black veil Posts: 542 Karma: 2144168 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania Device: Kobo Aura One, Kindle Paperwhite 2	PG now has downloads available in Mobipocket and ePub, if that helps.

11-16-2010, 12:22 AM	#10
jlg432 Addict Posts: 237 Karma: 15786 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: jetBook, ALP, Pandigital 7"Color(Black+ White), Kyros MID7015a	Concerning the JB -Mini advert email I received from Ectaco. I originally though that they had expanded the format coverage until I reached the end of the sentence. Taken from their email "Supported formats: LIT, MOBI, EPUB, HTML, PRC, RTF, PDB, PDF with Calibre file conversion to TXT and FB2." I guess one could say any e-reader supports all formats as long as there is a format converter to do the job. I wonder how many people will be taken in by this line and not realize that it only supports 2 formats. I find this kind of advertising shifty. John

11-24-2010, 06:09 PM	#12
Solicitous Wizard Posts: 1,434 Karma: 1525776 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: TAS, Australia Device: Astak Pocket Pro (Black), 2 x Kindle WiFi (Graphite), iPod Touch 4G	I'm not going to start a new thread, but I found today when I was looking for a good calculator the JetBook Mini here in Australia for $99. http://www.calculatorking.com.au/fea...book-mini.html So if any Australian's are looking at getting one, $50 cheaper than buying from Ectaco directly (BTW I am NOT affiliated with either company, I just stumbled across it).

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