Dutch company Endless Ideas thinks so and has introduced the BeBook
eBook reader. As well as supporting a wide range of formats, including:
EPUB, PDF (including Adobe DRM), TXT, HTML, RTF, MOBI, CHM, PDB,
alongside JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP and TIFF image files, it has built-in WiFi,
so you can download directly from a host of online books stores.Weighing 298g, the Neo is light and at approximately the size of a paperback book, unobtrusive enough to carry around all day.
All navigation is performed using the circular four-way controller, which is set within bigger Menu, Next, Back and Prev controls, it takes a bit of practice before you stop accidentally pressing them instead of the navigation controls.
Getting online is fairly easy: click websites and select ‘Ebook Portal’ and the BeBook will scan for WiFi and you simply enter you key. In the UK choose between: Foyles, WH Smith and Blackwell online book shops, but this will change depending on the country you’re in. Annoyingly you have to re-select your WiFi network each time you go online, although you only have to enter the key once.
Obviously speeds will vary depending on your WiFi connection, but we found the web experience a bit slow. WH Smith takes well over 20 seconds to load and then we had to wait another 20 seconds to get through to the WH Smith eBook store.
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