http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/ Engadget Comments for Astak's $199 EZ Reader Pocket PRO wants to give Kindle 'a run for its money' http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/Aug 7th 2009 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/Aug 7th 2009 6:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/Aug 7th 2009 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/Aug 7th 2009 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/Aug 7th 2009 6:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/Aug 7th 2009 6:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/Aug 7th 2009 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/
]]>Aug 7th 2009 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/Aug 7th 2009 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/Aug 7th 2009 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/Aug 7th 2009 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/*crickets chirp as no one gets this*]]>Aug 7th 2009 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/Aug 7th 2009 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/Aug 7th 2009 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/Aug 7th 2009 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/Aug 7th 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/This company simply place a diffrent name on this device every year.
I have on of these, they change nothing but the name.
It is quite a good ebook reader with two problems:
1: Its does support PDF however the font support for that format is in every way lacking.
2: it will never quite finish an audio book, it will always jump to the next one with over three minuts remaining.
those problems remain even with the latest firmware]]>Aug 7th 2009 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/
You obviously meant Halin V5, right? It's not like BeBook has produced their own e-Book reader, just another Hanlin rebranding, like Astak.]]>Aug 7th 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/Aug 7th 2009 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/ADE, PDF, DOC, RTF, HTML, TXT, MP3, WOL, CHM, RAR, ZIP, FB2, DJVU, EPUB, BMP, JPG, TIF, PNG, GIF, PDB, PPT, LIT

http://www.astak.com/product.asp?serial=05EZWHT]]>Aug 7th 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/
What I really want to see, is the bundling of ebooks with regular purchases. I'd be willing to pay and extra dollar or two when buying a hardcover to get an ebook with it.]]>Aug 7th 2009 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_PuAqRQLKA]]>Aug 7th 2009 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/Aug 8th 2009 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/astaks-199-ez-reader-pocket-pro-wants-to-give-kindle-a-run-fo/Their previous reader was very slow and prone to crash, and since its release all bugs are still not fixed. I would wait for a review before buying this one.

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I just installed this firmware
http://www.lbook.com.ua/en/downloads/firmwarev3

It's lightyears ahead. The folders' display is much more readable and it even supports .mobi DRM files. When you first install, the default language is Russian, but you can change this in the settings.]]>Aug 15th 2009 1:17AM