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johnnywifi updated Bookeen Cybook Gen3

johnnywifi — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:06:42 -0400

September 24, 2008 at 4:06 am

new pro/con: Easey to load books through USB port
chose Bookeen Cybook Gen3 over Bookeen Cybook Gen2
chose Bookeen Cybook Gen3 over Sony Reader PRS-500
chose Bookeen Cybook Gen3 over Amazon Kindle
chose Bookeen Cybook Gen3 over Sony Reader PRS-505
chose Bookeen Cybook Gen3 over iRex iLiad
tapped as "love it"
tapped as "have it"
new pro/con: Open system - read any document in HTML, TXT or PDF
disagreed: "Small amount of integrated storage"
agreed: "Very thin"
agreed: "Light weight"
agreed: "Long battery life"

johnnywifi commented on Bookeen Cybook Gen3

johnnywifi — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:59:43 -0400

September 24, 2008 at 3:59 am

"I purchased a Cybook Gen 3 from Bookeen in February 2008. I have been thoroughly satisfied with it so far - the unit is thin and light, it accepts SD cards which enables me to carry on average around 700 books with me at all times. Reading comfort is very pleasant - actually much more pleasant than I imagined when purchasing the unit. I got pretty worried after 4 weeks of use when the screen stayed stuck on one page and would not change pages any longer. I called the company and found out that the battery had simply run out of power... Yes, this little thing had finally run out of fuel after 4 weeks as i had completely forgotten to recharge it. And the big difference with a LCD screen is, when there is no power, the screen stays on, but you cannot change the picture any more. Now I know. Took it out on vacation this summer which saved me the trouble of carrying 10+ books on the way out and 20+ on the way back. And no charger since the battery life is so long. I would definitely recommend this to all readers. Only points of improvement I can see: - boot time could be faster, more than 5 seconds and it gets frustrating when you want to read on the bus and you do not have a lot of time to do it - I have not used any of the buttons on the side of the device - difficult to navigate the library when you have more than 100 books on board"

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