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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	So... I finally succumbed and ordered an ebook reader. I was really keen on the [url=http://www.txtr.com]Txtr[/url] since it seemed to be very feature rich (wlan, bluetooth, cellular connection, sd card), and running open source sofware (so hacking for a decent RSS reader: possible), but these guys from Berlin really blew this thing. One day before 'pre ordering available' (which isn't... or at least not to the general public that did not sign up months ago), they go and proclaim 'we've made it 20 euros cheaper (299 instead of 319 euros). Oh, and we also ditched the wlan, that was to confusing to setup for the user'. Um. Yeah. That was the one feature that for me, made the price interesting. Otherwise, they haven't grasped their community, not even the press has seen pre release models, and personally I believe they couldn't get the wlan to work reliably... So I had a late night search last I found the pocket book 360, which does not offer bluetotoh or 'near field communication', but is 60 euros cheaper (239), also has an sd card, has a RSS reader built in (fills up when connecting to your computer), not only runs linux but has an [url=http://pocketbook-free.sourceforge.net/en/index.shtml]active community with released applications [(from a coding competition)[/url], no the german and english speaking developer that does the firmware actually hangs out in various user support forums. Plus this thing comes from the east where they've sold a few 10.000 devices already. So we have: German 'sub marine'-startup that might or might not deliver anything before christmas, and the underadvertised, cheaper, better supported, available immediatly pocketbook with fancy shapes on the clip on cover. Stay tuned, I'll report when it actually arrives ;) So long, ->Tyberius Prime Loading...
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