On the advice of a commenter I have investigated BeBook, found them interesting, and have ordered one of their e-books, which comes out to less money even with shipping than a $)*&(& Sony does. And it comes with a case. So *there*.
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be interesting to read your take on it, once you receive it. I’m using a generic brand eReader that I bought for under $100 (aus) in the local department store. So far, I’m quite happy with it (except the battery life…grrrr). Apparently the sony ereader is next to impossible to get over here, and I noticed the BeBook does shipping overseas, so I’ll be interested to hear what you thought of it.
Hopefully you’ll love it as much I love my Kindle. I am eReader platform agnostic, and think people should use whatever makes them happy, so it will be interesting to learn about one I’ve not heard of before.
The Bebook is a clone of the chinese Hanlin e-reader, which has been franchised to various countries under various names – Hanlin, Onyx Boox, BeBook etc. Because it’s been sold to so many countries, it’s designed to work pretty much everywhere, and thus be as compatible as possible. 13 different formats, not including .zip and .rar archiving; it’ll play your MP3’s whilst you’re reading and it includes dictionary support, although you’ll have to download the dictionary files yourself. In comparison Kindle 3 has only 6 formats.
I’ve had a BeBook Neo for just under a year now, and I love it! I carry it with me everywhere, and as long as I can get a WiFi connection, I can download books – I can even borrow library ebooks since it’s compatible with that as well :)