Comments on: Foxit eSlick- cheaper ebook reader alternative

By: Gina

Gina — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:56:26 +0000

I bought one of these, and it doesn’t work. The screen freezes and it won’t turn off or on. I’ve been in touch with Foxit tech support, and they’re terrible. I tried calling them twice, but got an answering machine. The next time I tried, I got a recorded message that my phone number had been blocked. What kind of company does that? I sent them an email, but it takes 24 hours for them to respond, and all they say is “turn the machine off.” I have repeated 3 times that I can’t turn the machine off. The on/off button doesn’t work and it’s been stuck on the same page for 3 days now. I have a $250 piece of junk.

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By: Pete

Pete — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 05:27:19 +0000

Oliver – I thought the Sony eReader reflows PDFs as does this machine?

By: Art Kavanagh

Art Kavanagh — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:04:46 +0000

This looks remarkably like the Bookeen Cybook, which can certainly handle a lot more formats than just PDF and text.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:43:49 +0000

@arif — you can read pdf files on the Sony Reader as well. In my experience, it doesn’t work all that well unless the doc is specifically formatted for a device with this (relatively low) resolution

By: Al

Al — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:33:40 +0000

When are they going to make an eink device that supports ereader? That will be my kick butt ereading device.

By: arif

arif — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:34:00 +0000

That’s just way too much of a cost. The idea of reading PDF on a device is cool (I have tons which I will read) but I am not paying $200 plus.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:19:58 +0000

I think it’s great to see a software company actually break the confinds of the screen. Not sure it’s the best move, only time will tell. As far as the device is concerned it looks like a neat gadget. I read books on screen all the time. Bought an MSI Wind for that reason, but my wife ganked it, and now I’m left with no ability to read. So looking at something like this is an option to me. Would I spend $229? No…too high. I’d spend $150 (like SiteCharts said). Converting PDF’s is easy and I’d imagine their software will soon have a ’send to device’ type of feature.

I look forward to picking up a used one on ebay!

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By: SiteCharts

SiteCharts — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:04:37 +0000

Mmmmh. I like the device but I think it is too expensive. for $150 it would be better.

And is it PDF and TXT or is it only PDF?

They should really open it up to read more file formats (at least add .rtf, .doc, .html, …)

By: Oliver

Oliver — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:27:09 +0000

That’s not significantly cheaper than the Sony reader (I have seen it for around $250).