eReader or tablet?

[FlzedZ]

I see.
So, tablet? why am I always struggled with this question

[Kulverstukas]

We gave you enough pointers and opinions, we can't decide it for you.

[FlzedZ]

The only (big) issue is with the code snippets.
I am going to study a lot coding and computer related topics, so this is a problem
You'd buy one but you don't like the screen size, right?

[proxx]

I see.
So, tablet? why am I always struggled with this question

Tablets are gay consumer toys that dont add anything to anything.
There.
Ereaders are excellent book replacers.
Done.

[Kulverstukas]

Tablets are gay consumer toys that dont add anything to anything.
There.
Ereaders are excellent book replacers.
Done.

Ditto.

[Kulverstukas]

Bump.

So for once I got an eReader for christmas. Not the kindle as I originally wanted, but a PocketBook Basic Touch 624 and it's awesome, maybe even better than the kindle.

First, this model doesn't have much shit in it that I wouldn't use, actually it doesn't have any shit, just the basic things one could use reading all sorts of books, badly scanned or technical docs or magazines and whatnot.

I tried few books to see how it works. First things first, it has wifi and a browser. Reading news isn't very nice, maybe just basic HTML can also collect RSS feeds if you're into that kinda thing. After I had connected to wifi to see how that works, I got a message that a software update is available - cool, was released just recently.

So I transferred some books to it and started reading. Reading on it is nice, like reading a book, the screen could be brighter, like white, currently it looks gray-ish but meh.

First was a math book, with all sorts of formulas. For PDF's it has 4 modes - Fit width, The whole page, Columns and Reflow.
When reading a book with badly scanned text, it's probably better to have it on Reflow, because it adjusts that text to best fit. For magazines that have text in columns it's better to have it in Column mode - everything gets zoomed so only one column at a time is visible. Fit width is best for proper books and whole page mode goes best with technical books where you don't want the formulas fucked up.
So if reading a coding book, set it on The whole page to keep that formatting, but for that you'll see small letters.

The device itself isn't large, fits in your hand quite nicely.

All in all, it's a really great device and I am happy I have it (for few hours by now )

[proxx]

Thats a nifty little thing
Since you will soon know the entire ebook lib.. We can refer to you as 'the oracle'
I am curious about the battery charge, I presume you do not know that yet.

[Kulverstukas]

I am curious about the battery charge, I presume you do not know that yet.

It was fully charged when I unboxed it, didn't come with a charger, only a micro-usb cable. I'll update about charging once it discharges the manufacturer says it holds up to a month fully charged (without wifi ofc) and few reviews says they can confirm it. It seems likely, because the e-ink screen doesn't use any power, it has no on-off state or LEDs to illuminate the screen. E-ink screen only uses power when it has to re-draw the contents and that is with every page flip.
It isn't too big, I'd say whole thing is like A5-sized paper, feels nice in your hand, doesn't slip.

[proxx]

It was fully charged when I unboxed it, didn't come with a charger, only a micro-usb cable. I'll update about charging once it discharges the manufacturer says it holds up to a month fully charged (without wifi ofc) and few reviews says they can confirm it. It seems likely, because the e-ink screen doesn't use any power, it has no on-off state or LEDs to illuminate the screen. E-ink screen only uses power when it has to re-draw the contents and that is with every page flip.
It isn't too big, I'd say whole thing is like A5-sized paper, feels nice in your hand, doesn't slip.

That sounds awesome , I'll consider one of those
Pretty clever yet simple/effective tech.

[Kulverstukas]

Bump, I said I'll post when I'll have to charge it - so there. The battery got drained about a week ago. I can confirm that reading it for ~2 hours per day, it can hold for a month, without wifi on. It uses energy when it has to redraw the screen, so the more frequently you flip pages, the more energy it uses, however on normal reading it's awesome! Currently I'm going through the SE newsletters I kept archiving since 2010 lol, finally I can read them!

[TheWormKill]

My family has such a device, too and I support the positive feedback it got. if I'm not mistaken, it's Linux-based and uses a lot of open-source software like libpng etc.