Laser EB850

Useless for reading books – I'm amazed that this product can legally be sold as an e-book reader. It does an OK job at playing movies and displaying photos, but the e-book reader features are below anything I've ever seen in an e-book reader. Here's a deal-breaker for you: you cannot follow hyperlinks in e-books. This is not a touch device, and there is no cursor to… Read more

navigate the page.

Not enough? What about this one: The table of contents only displays the first 21 headings. If your book has 70 chapters and you want to jump straight to chapter 60, you'll have to start at chapter 21 and flip every single page one at a time. You can set bookmarks, but you're limited to 5 per book

Ah yes don't forget: even with plain text on an epub file, pages take up to 3 seconds to flip. Even the old Kindles with e-ink were faster.

So, as a summary: the only advantage of this device over physical books is that it is lighter and takes less space. In all other aspects, however, you're better off using a physical book. At least you can open any page within seconds! Cheap. Lightweight. Video quality is alright. Can't follow hyperlinks in e-books. Can't save more than 5 bookmarks. Can't display more than 21 chapters in the table of contents.

Great for relaxing or learning – This item was perfect for myself 62 (love reading the classics) and my grandchild 7 (learning to read) and I intend to buy 5 more for the rest of my grandchildren. Easy to use, light, can be plugged into any usb. Touch screen makes it perfect (no pen to loose or mouse to use). It is priced for everyone to be able to buy. Many schools allow these… Read more ·  1

to be used in class. No more carrying heavy books around which is great for the children's back/spine and great for me at 62 (I have problems walking and carrying) as it enables me to have a selection of books with me at all times. Light, easy to use, great for all ages and inexpensive.

The e-reader is the future of all reading. It is a wonderful product! – I really love the e-reader i recently purchased and was very excited to see how many books were already downloaded! I have bought a new leather case for i to keep it protected i love it so much! I find it easy to use and very useful when waiting for an appointment or just listening to music/radio and reading whil eating my lunch on my break. … Read more

It is easy to browse through bu i am having trouble with the insturction manual. It is not very detailed and very inadequate. I will have to travel a long distance, as i live in a rural area, to access help at a library. I have not yet tried to download books but think i will have to have a library assistant help me with that as well since the instruction manual is very useless. The real plus is the amounts of books already downloaded. I wish there was more music downloaded and that there was an ability to access am radio instead of only fm radio. The amount it does for such a slim-line small device. The insturction manual. I am having trouble downloading music. I also wish there was the capability of getting AM radio and not just FM radio.

Ebook, how does it work? – With the eBook can you actually buy books because ive downloaded the Adboe thing and i dont know how to get books or can u only use the books already on the eBook because i am totally stuffed i have no clue how to use it all ive been doing is playing games. Please help me. There could be a better instruction manual, or even a tutorial? I dont get how to use it.

Moving books around and battery – My EB 850 Laser Reader - I love my little reader, but find the battery life too short and I can not get to the book I am reading with ease I have to scroll through several other books before I get to the one I want. Other than that they are great. Is there a way round this problem if you can help please let me know. The fact that I can change… Read more ·  1

font size Battery life not long enough only get about 4 hours if I am lucky and I can not put the book I am reading to the top of the list.

Perfect for what I expected of it – I read many reviews about this EBook reader saying it could not compare to the more expensive brands, but all I wanted was a basic reader that could do the job and that's exactly what I got. For the price of NZD $90 I got a great little E-Book and it is brilliant for holidays and does exactly what it says on the box. I happily would settle for this over the more expensive brands. Reliable, Good size, Strong colour Shortish battery life Show 2 replies