Hi, Can you pleasy define "Sony's Crap". I currently got a test unit for a couple of weeks and while I've just start trying it out - I've been quite happy with the battery life, with the supported format (almost everything, using stansa software to convert whatever not supported) and a decent 'upload software' (doesn't supported under GNU/Linux, but should be easy to bypass).
We are speaking about an e-book reader here, not a small computer or tablet pc. Not the same thing... P. -- Pascal Charest, skype: pascal.charest Free software consultant @ Laboratoire Phoenix http://www.labsphoenix.com On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 10:46 PM, aaron d <[email protected]> wrote: > I have recently become very interested in getting a proper ereader. Not too > sure about the os support for this device, but I doubt it is a huge issue. > Takes microSD too, so im sure you can work something out w/ nix. > > Biggest problem with this guy is the supported formats, not enough deets > yet, but looks like epub and pdf (granted, the two that matter most, at > least, to me) are about it. Price is right though. And it will be available > in Canada. That is my current issue, the only readers you can get here so > far are sony's crap, overpriced kindles and cheap "daytek"(or some other > generic electronics brand) style grbage units. Seeing a whole whack of > cooler devices online that Canadians dont have really access to. > > If anyone has more insight into these, im all ears, this is a hot topic for > me. A lot of these have an embedded linux kernel too, so they arent THAT off > topic :) > > On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 5:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> REcently INdogo has started advertising (and accepting preorders for) >> Kobo, an e-book reader, for $149 plus tax. >> >> Is anything known about it? Is it massively DRM'd? Is it Linux >> friendly? >> >> The ads say you need a computer that runs Mac OS or Windows, but for >> most things I've found that's not a real restriction. It usually means >> that they supply software for Mac or Windows that does what Linux does >> natively, and they don't know it. >> >> -- hendrik >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca >> > > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > >
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