Dealnews has a great deal on the Ectaco Jetbook eBook Reader, an e-inke-reader (not e-paper) device with 5-inch display, built-in Fodor’s Travel Guide and CIA World Factbook (!!) and an SD card slot for expansion. It supports .txt, .pdf, .fb2, Mobi, PRC, EPUB, RTF files and doesn’t seem to have any built-in storage. It’s available at NewEgg for $169.99 and free shipping, down from $299.99.
I’ve personally never seen this one in action but it looks like it might be a good choice for folks with lots of PDFs hanging around. There’s even a freaky little slider on the bottom for turning the pages.
At first glance I thought it said E-taco instead of Ectaco.
That sounds digitally delicious!
This thing is no uglier than the original Kindle, so I suppose if you’re going by that standard it’s worth a look. And reviews of it are generally favorable. It should be noted however that the screen is an LCD not epaper, and as such has certain pluses and minuses. Also the screen is 1″ smaller than the Kindle or Sony Reader, so PDFs are probably harder to read on it than on other devices.
Viola -
I see what you did there sir.
It’s a drink coaster. No DRM means you’re out of luck finding current content for the thing.