new cybook - still charging, and i can't wait!

[basschick]

well, it's been 4 hours and 5 minutes that my new cybook has been charging... since the quickstart guide said it would take approximately 3 hours, i've been checking it since 2 hours and 55 minutes.

is this a case of a watched pot never boils?

in the meantime, i'll try and relax by re-reading some more of my old hardback of redemption of althalus, but it would be much nicer for my wrist if i could just read the mobipocket version on the cybook.

ah, well, back to waiting and

[basschick]

yay! it's charged and synchronizing my ebooks

[DDHarriman]

Congratulations!

[basschick]

thank you

Originally Posted by DDHarriman

Congratulations!

for those considering getting a cybook gen3, let me tell you about my first 15 minutes after it was charged.

getting started was easy

i opened mobipocket reader and it offered to synchronize my stuff, which i had it do. when it would get to a book that required a username and password (these were from fictionwise), i input it and that was that. everything else did it without my assistance.

the cybook is very easy to use. once i disconnected it using the safely remove hardware feature, i went to my library, picked a book and got to reading.

at first, it was strange - first because i decided to try it without a cover, and it's so thin. and then because my eyes are not used to a black frame around what i read - that was actually a little stranger than the gray background of the pages. but within a few minutes, i didn't notice anymore, and began to get in a rhythm turning the pages. they do take a couple beats, but you can read the last line after you hit the button.

all in all, as good as i hoped it would be and very light!

thanks again, everyone, for your info and advice. i'm off to read by cybook for a few minutes before bed