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Tech specs link: http://www.borders.com/online/store/MediaView_koboereaderspecs http://www.borders.com/online/store/MediaView_koboereaderspe... 1 GB, SD slot,

by ableal 16y ago

Tech specs link: http://www.borders.com/online/store/MediaView_koboereaderspecs http://www.borders.com/online/store/MediaView_koboereaderspe... 1 GB, SD slot, USB, Bluetooth (good move). No specs about the screen, except for overall device measures in a small picture. Looks like a 5 inch Vizplex e-ink screen, which is normally 800x600 pixels. (Good for fiction, not advisable for technical documents.)

pasbesoin 16y ago
I found the comparisons page more useful than the tech specs page: http://www.koboereader.com/comparisons.html http://www.koboereader.com/comparisons.html Oh, yeah: I googled it and ended up on Kobo's site rather than Borders'.
- ableal 16y ago
  Thanks - I was wrong, it's the 6 inch screen (also 800x600, normally). I have one of those (Hanlin, branded BeBook). Fine for fiction, as I said, not too big, but I might not mind a 5 inch if buying now. P.S. vs. the Kindle: Amazon tosses in a 3G modem, but remember it's their line, on their dime. It's a loss-leader, to get customers into the store. Outside the US, only English Wikipedia is free, as far as I can tell. (Not that you can pay to access anything else, besides the store - it's not your line ...)
  - pasbesoin 16y ago
    The specs for this one say it supports ePub and PDF. USB file transfer, or plug in an SD card. That's pretty attractive to me (especially at this price point). No native text, rich text, or graphic support, it seems, but I guess I could mash what I need into ePUB or PDF. I also wonder whether it will be hackable. I'd like to try an e-reader, but I'm not particularly interested in playing the price of a netbook. Plus, I've always preferred the Borders stores over B&N (if I'm restricted to a big box book store); the staff are helpful and, at least at a couple of the stores in my area, long term -- I kind of hope the latter means that management treats them ok.
    - ableal 16y ago
      I wouldn't count too much on hackable, though you might look up what's going on at http://openinkpot.org http://openinkpot.org . Those things are usually ARM Linux, I believe. Just the reading material over at http://www.feedbooks.com/books/recent http://www.feedbooks.com/books/recent has tidied me up nicely - worth the price of the reader ;-). Check also over at http://www.mobileread.com/ http://www.mobileread.com/ , they also have opinions and their own books. (I used to go to Borders when they first expanded in the US - nice stores.)

by ableal 16y ago

pasbesoin 16y ago

I found the comparisons page more useful than the tech specs page: http://www.koboereader.com/comparisons.html http://www.koboereader.com/comparisons.html Oh, yeah: I googled it and ended up on Kobo's site rather than Borders'.

ableal 16y ago
Thanks - I was wrong, it's the 6 inch screen (also 800x600, normally). I have one of those (Hanlin, branded BeBook). Fine for fiction, as I said, not too big, but I might not mind a 5 inch if buying now. P.S. vs. the Kindle: Amazon tosses in a 3G modem, but remember it's their line, on their dime. It's a loss-leader, to get customers into the store. Outside the US, only English Wikipedia is free, as far as I can tell. (Not that you can pay to access anything else, besides the store - it's not your line ...)
- pasbesoin 16y ago
  The specs for this one say it supports ePub and PDF. USB file transfer, or plug in an SD card. That's pretty attractive to me (especially at this price point). No native text, rich text, or graphic support, it seems, but I guess I could mash what I need into ePUB or PDF. I also wonder whether it will be hackable. I'd like to try an e-reader, but I'm not particularly interested in playing the price of a netbook. Plus, I've always preferred the Borders stores over B&N (if I'm restricted to a big box book store); the staff are helpful and, at least at a couple of the stores in my area, long term -- I kind of hope the latter means that management treats them ok.
  - ableal 16y ago
    I wouldn't count too much on hackable, though you might look up what's going on at http://openinkpot.org http://openinkpot.org . Those things are usually ARM Linux, I believe. Just the reading material over at http://www.feedbooks.com/books/recent http://www.feedbooks.com/books/recent has tidied me up nicely - worth the price of the reader ;-). Check also over at http://www.mobileread.com/ http://www.mobileread.com/ , they also have opinions and their own books. (I used to go to Borders when they first expanded in the US - nice stores.)