e-readers

[bibilit]

Not really related with Apple, but anyway, a couple of weeks ago i found a Kobo reader for cheap (10 €) and almost new (including the sceen cover)

Was thinking about holidays, and a small tablet is always better than a couple of old-fashioned and heavy books.

The Kobo has 3 Gb of capacity (around 3000 books) and is able to be upgraded using a micro sd card.

Moreover, wifi is available, so internet is possible (but the black and white screen is poor for surfing)

I downloaded a few books including the Steve Jobs biography, and started using it daily.

But at the same time, my wife started using it also, and asked if i can find another one (but this kind of seek can usualy be long)

I was lucky enough yersterday to find another, a more basic unit for even cheaper (3 €) with some issues (no charger and sad looking)

After a quick charge, the reader came back to life but was stuck and irresponsive, a reset solved the problem.

 

[IPalindromeI]

Man, the word "gigaoctet" is just /weird/. When I was using a French translation of Windows, it weirded me out, along with the arbitrarily resized dialog boxes that make no sense for their contents.

On the e-reader: is there any sort of firmware hacks for it? There's all sorts of cool ideas, mainly because they're the only things you can buy with e-ink screens.

 

[bibilit]

On the e-reader: is there any sort of firmware hacks for it? There's all sorts of cool ideas, mainly because they're the only things you can buy with e-ink screens. 

The Kobo reader can be hacked to boot a specific version of Android, but the screen quality is poor except for a book, on the other hand, when wifi is turned down the main battery is good for two months.

Man, the word "gigaoctet" is just /weird/. When I was using a French translation of Windows, it weirded me out, along with the arbitrarily resized dialog boxes that make no sense for their content

Yes, in France Octet is used instead of Byte, just a language weirdness.

 

[CelGen]

I got a Sony reader last year and planned to use it to better access all my PDF manuals so I wasn't near a computer

it's great for textfiles but a bit sluggish on photographs and for some PDF's it's outright unusable, taking sometimes upwards of ten seconds to turn a page.

 

[rsolberg]

I have a Kobo Touch which I picked up in December. My favourite aspect of it beyond the e-ink display is the internal micro SD slot. Not only is there an external micro SD, but the device's built in storage is removable too. I picked up some extra cards so I could mess around with the software without losing the original soft/firmware. I've played with a couple of Android and Linux homebrew builds for it. On the stock firmware, the Pocket app is awesome. I can add an article to Pocket from any of my other devices with a tap or click and read it whenever I want on the Kobo's e-ink display.