A request for advice.
Discipulus
experience or knowledge of e-readers; in particular in so far as they
might be of use to hold and display some of the Latin writings which
are available in abundance through the Internet. I ask as one who has
limited capacity for reading from a computer screen and who would
prefer not to have the collections of A4 leaves which so far have been
the only alternative.The portability and far longer times between
charging are also attractive features.I was thinking of things such as
the books pointed out by Joannes Patruus recently or the translated
stories available via Ephemeris. I might also add that my technical
knowledge is negligible. It may well be that I am clutching at straws
but I thought it worth asking the members of a site whom, as a
somewhat envious observer, I hold in some esteem. Allow me to thank
you in advance for any possible responses.
Johannes Patruus
I have no experience and little knowledge of them, though when inspecting
some Sony ereaders in Waterstone's the other day, I found reading text on
them much easier than I had expected, even though my eyesight is rather
weak (I use +4.0 dioptre specs for reading!).
Ereaders are primarily intended for reading commercial ebooks which come
in their own special file-formats, so in order to read files in other
formats such as txt, doc, pdf, html, etc. you need to check that the
ereader you choose supports those formats. The table on this page is
helpful in that regard:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_e-book_readers
Were it not for your limited capacity for reading from a computer screen,
I would have drawn your attention to the alternative of using a netbook as
an ereader as described here - http://bit.ly/4Wl9Kv
Patruus
Ed Cryer
"Johannes Patruus" <inv...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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I'm interested in this as well, but I know nihil about them. They'd make
a nice Xmas present.
What I'll do is search Google groups. I'll be back when I have something
worth saying.
Ed
Ed Cryer
"Ed Cryer" <e...@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote in message
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This looks ok. Supports PDF, MOBI, DOC, WOLF, MP3, HTML, TXT, CHM, FB2,
Djvu, PNG, TIF, GIF, BMP, JPG, PPT, EPUB, LIT and PRC - and 512MB of
internal memory to get you going.
http://tinyurl.com/c42a6x
No wireless, but USB and SD card. That's good enough for me, for
transfer from a standard PC.
Full specification;
http://www.pixelar.co.uk/ebookinfo.php
Price around 220 Bpounds.
Ed
Johannes Patruus
The actual model identification appears to be Hanlin V3, for which you can
download the manual from here:
http://www.jinke.com.cn/Compagesql/English/service/manual.asp
But the little devils seem to be in short supply at the moment.
> Ed
Patruus
Johannes Patruus
PS. One reads that both Apple and Micro$oft are bringing out "tablets"
next year which will supposedly wreak merry hell with the existing ereader
and netbook markets.
Patruus
Patruus
Ed Cryer
"Johannes Patruus" <inv...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
The walk-through video at;
http://www.pixelar.co.uk/ebookinfo.php
really does show the lot.
I like its general-purpose design; MP3 player, text-reader; small enough
for bag. It can do for all kinds of text documents what an ipod does for
MP3 files; and just as non-specifically. I mean, with my MP3-player I
collect files on a PC from anywhere; and then just transfer to ipod.
This text-reader operates similiter for text files. And text file
formats don't seem to be going to change in the foreseeable future, so
it'll have longevity.
I have a feeling I could even read novels on it despite the size. But
they have a bigger V9 version with 9.7" screen;
http://tinyurl.com/2culg2
As you say, demand seems to have outstripped supply. But I'd bet they'll
have already realized this and be tooling up for heavy production by
early New Year sales.
Ed
Ed Cryer
The price seems highly inflated for what you actually get. I mean you
can get a decent enough PC tower for that price, with 2 GB memory, 250
GB HD, DVDR, graphic card etc. And a 19" monitor comes from about 120-30
GBP. Currys and PC World have Xmas laptops for 350 GBP.
It is, of course, the novelty that creates the high price. And when they
catch on then down and down comes the price. As with all other
electronic gadgetry.
The question is will they catch on? I'm not so sure. The recent big
catch-onners like ipods, bigger HDs, Wii, DVDRs, mobile phones, all seem
to be more tailored to dumbed-down Brits. I see zillions of people
walking around with a mobile glued to the ear, or ipod speakers in both
ears; but I seldom see anyone reading a book. In fact when I do (on a
bus, park bench, Mall seat etc) I always have to restrain myself from
going across and introducing myself with a hearty hand-shake!
Ed