A bit like this report....
...surprisingly small!
(and this msg)
Does half a millimetre matter? E-book reader maker BeBook believes it does. It's relying on that tiny, effectively unnoticeable difference to claim its new 8mm-thick Pure reader is the thinnest of its kind. Its nearest rival is the 8.5mm-thick Amazon Kindle 3, now called the Kindle Keyboard. BeBook Pure e-book reader Apart …
Why wait when you can pop down to W.H.Smiths and buy a Kobo for £59 or a Kobo Touch for £79.
I got the touch for ease of use and size (only one button on the front for "Home"), The touch also has a faster processor so page turns are noticeably quickey that the standard model.
I don't have iPad or smart phone so just use the PC software and Kobo, but these both work well and synch so all book marks and new purchases are transfered without issue.
The article goes on about built in memory, but unless you reader does audio it's mostly a non issue. 2GB is a lot for text, my Kobo has 2GB, after the space for the OS is taken out that leaves 1400MB, of which I have used just 83 so far (~20 books). So assuming 4MB/book as a reasonable average that means I'd have to purchase >300 books before worrying about space.
The Kobo's also have an microSD card slot for books/PDF/doc's aquired from other sources, the Kobo web site also allows downloads to ePUB format for most books so keeping your library backup (separate from Kobo and/or Adobe) up is not problem either.
16. Almost certainly an eInk Pearl screen. Easily as white as a cheap paperback (although more grey than cheap paper's yellow/brown shade).
IRex managed to get more shades out of eInk with a cunning pixel manipulating system - my Iliad did 16 shades on a screen which supposedly was only capable of 8 - but I expect that secret died with them.
Why do you need more range? Most of the books I read don't have pictures, and 16 greys is enough to anti-alias text to an acceptable level, especially at the resolution eInk works at..
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If you want to read slushy novels on the train this size screen is ideal. I would rather have one that could show me a good actual-size A4 page from the boring but useful documentation library. 9.7 inch tablet does a reasonable job but a kindle-style e-ink thing could be much better.
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I'm confused, if your books are in the Kindle app then surely they will automatically appear on ANY device you sign into with your kindle ID, including an actual Kindle? e.g I have a Kindle, and when I installed the app on my iPad, Windows Phone, Mac and PC, the books were ready to read.
This slickness is one of Kindle's major strengths so I don't follow all the side-load advice, unless I misunderstood your setup?
If you already use Kindle App then get a kindle, as pointed out, if using the app, the Kindle will Sync (provided it has a connection), so you carry on where you left off, regardless of device.
If you want other people on the kindle then you just use Calibre and bang it on there.
Assuming they're legally bought from amazon, you can sync all the books onto any device/kindle app from the device/app itself.
Once you've got a book on multiple devices; you can get it to sync to last read on all devices thus regardless of what you're reading on, you can pick up an alternative kindle device and continue from that point.
Alternatively you can try using calibre2 to help you transfer stuff/convert them to mobi format for the kindle device.