As part of my eBook Reader reviews series of reports, where I look at quality, specification and ebook reader price, I took a look at the BeBook for anyone who is looking to buy this ebook reader.
The first thing I should probably point out is, the BeBook ebook reader is a re-branded Hanlin e Reader V3 being marketed by the Dutch company Endless Ideas. It is being carried By Amazon so you can buy the ebook reader for shipment around the world, unlike the Kindle 2, and get the same after sales support from the largest online store.
You will be pleased to know, it also supports a staggering 20 plus file formats, so it will handle most everything you want it to read. Unlike the Kindle Digital Book Readers and Sony Digital Book Reader, it does not try to tie you to purchasing from their book stores by employing their own proprietary DRM nor do you need to convert files to be able to read them.
It weighs an impressive 220g, measures just 184mm x 120mm and is only a wafer thin 10mm, making it an ideal traveling companion. The screen takes up most of those dimensions, being 150mm with a 600 x 800 pixel resolution, and produces a crystal clear, easy to read display. The BeBook employs the same E Ink EBook Reader technology the top branded ebook readers use, has a multi lingual interface and free lifetime software updates, something that is very reassuring when looking to buy an ebook reader.
As I mentioned earlier, this ebook reader review found the BeBook supported 26 file formats, including the most popular PDF which the Kindle does not and as you may know, the majority of free books on the web are published in this format. It also supports the following popular file formats, which for this ebook reader price you would not expect; .mobi, .prc, .epub, .lit, .txt, .fb2, .doc, .html, .rtf, .djvu, .wol, .ppt, .mbp, .chm, .bmp, .jpg, .png, .gif, .tif, .rar, .zip, and even mp3, so you can also play your music files on this ebook reader device.
The controls are well place and unobtrusive, unlike some Digital Books Reader devices I have reviewed in the past, and the reader is easy to navigate. The internal flash memory, which by the way is a not to shabby 512mb, can be infinitely expanded with SD cards (like you would use in a digital camera) that are readily available and cheap to purchase on ebay. This allows you to download, store and organize your digital libary on your BeBook eBook Reader, and makes the transport of heavy books, documents and files a thing of the past. One negative, since we are on the subject of internal memory, if you intend to add or remove files (or books, documents and pictures) regularly then the storage of files is better done on SD cards as the internal memory of the BeBook eBook Reader can prove a little slow to work with.
The BeBook eBook Reader Specification Overview:
* Supports pdf, mobi, prc, epub, lit, txt, fb2, doc, html, rtf, djvu, wol, ppt, mbp, chm, bmp, jpg, png, gif, tif, rar, zip, and mp3 formats.
* Open software standard with free lifetime firmware updates.
* Linux 2.6.11.7
* Multilingual interface
* 184mm x 120mm x 10mm with a weight of 220gr.
* 6-inch 600*800 ePaper display.
* 512MB of internal flash memory that is 'expandable' thanks to the inclusion of an SD card slot.
* A USB 1.1 Port.
* 3.5mm audio jack.
This ebook reader review has uncovered a real gem of an ebook reader. As far as, I believe this to be a best buy ebook reader if not the best eBook Reader Price. The spec is comparable with the top selling ebook readers but the ability to easily handle most of the free ebooks on the web, many are available from Project Gutenberg, for me seals the deal when you take the plunge and buy that ebook reader you know you so want.
