Sign up. This product hasn't been reviewed yet. Engadget - Not yet scored. Critics - Not yet scored. Users 1 review. Engadget Reader. October 13, Overall Review: This is clearly not designed for the same demographic as the more expensive E-Readers.
It doesn't have a WiFi connection or a cute little screen at the bottom to let you browse the books you can download. But, conversely, it doesn't allow an evil and unnamed corporation to remotely delete the books you've downloaded, no matter how you've gotten them. Pros: This is my first e-book reader and honestly, will probably be my last, unless this one wears out.
If you want perfect picture and chart rendering then you need a laptop or at least a netbook, not an e-book reader.
It puts the words clearly on the screen from an excellent array of formats, with adjustable font sizes and will even display the illustrations if there are any. If you read the instructions fully, unlike me the firmware upgrade is a breeze. The controls are easy to master and switching between books is almost as easy as laying one down and picking up another. Loading and unloading books is as easy as moving files on your computer. This couldn't be much easier to use or more natural to read from.
Also, the ear buds and carrying case are very nice accessories. Cons: None, but it is important to note that the owner's manual is only located on the reader itself, not as a physical document. Unless this was just an oversight with my unit, it would probably be useful to have a printed manual included.
Overall Review: Several people have mentioned battery life and not being able to power off the unit. If you go into the settings, from the main menu, you can set the reader to automatically power off after a period of time. Pros: Fast and no flash page turning. Slim and comfortable in hand s. Love the three different ways to turn pages if I ever get another ebook reader, this will most likely be missed.
Color scheme of external casing is much nicer and less obtrusive than the jetBook. Can be used while charging. Cons: So far battery life has not been too great. With an LCD screen I was not expecting much; however, the flashless screen was more important to me than fantastic battery life, as I keep this by mind bed mostly for nightly reading.
The only way I have figured to turn it off completely is to get something like a paper clip to press the reset button: Aluratek: standby is nice, but I'd love to save battery life and wait for a measly 2 minute bootup Overall Review: I'm not a big reader and this thing has me very excited about reading.
Currently it alternates between one portrait and one landscape and I feel it fits better in my hand if the landscape were the opposite choice. I try to stay in habit of leaving book open now but sometimes I want to switch.
The on and off button is driving me crazy. I hold it for the five seconds it says to turn it on and it takes me about 6 or more trys to turn it on. So I put it on to charge. Not impressed with it at all. Going shopping today to purchase a sony. I have reset my reader a couple of times trying to resolve issues with transferring Barnes and Noble supposedly ePub books to the reader and no files were lost. The sample books I downloaded from the Adobe Digital Editions site work fine.
If your goal is to read free Project Gutenberg text files then reflow is perfect for that and this reader is highly recommended by me. Organizing your free eBook files into folders on the reader also helps navigation.
I have software version v0. I really like that the Libre came with everything I needed … even a case, charger and ear buds. The Libre also handled a.
I am trying to figure out how to download library books onto my Libre. I cannot figure out how Digital Editions works on the Libre. It looks like the files are on the Libre when I am hooked up to my computer and I can read them in DIgital Editions from the Libre when it is hooked up.
I purchased my Aluratek libre from the Shopping Channel. What should I do? Otherwise, so far, I like the unit. Thanks for any help. I prefer the one with a large screen. As I need to read many ebooks there, it can relief me from turning pages frequently. Furthermore, the additional buttons are humanity designed.
Maybe I can choose one from them. I have just purchased the Aluratek libre ereader. I was trying to update the firmware to the latest version.
The problem I am seeing is that there is only 20 mb of free ram on the libre, the 0. I think I may be missing something but am not sure where to go from here. I tried called Aluratec but support is closed on weekend. I did send in a support request but probably will not hear anything till Monday.
Thanks for the great review. I need someone to clear this up for me, I want to read technical pdf documents such as ccna ebooks and microsoft ebooks. Can this reader display diagrams and images embedded in the pdf? If not, can you please recommend one? Like the gadget so much — no back light — no case with attachable book light — so sad.
I just got a Libre and downloaded a epub book from barnes and noble. I finally got it into my ebooks and into the Libre but it fails to open the file. Help please someone? Can I copy a book onto a SD card from my computer and read it on the Libre?? Or is the only way you get books is thru Borders?? Thank you for your reply. Any thing more and you might as well get yourself a netbook. Just look at sales info on these since they were introduce to the public.
Compare that to Net-book sales in just the last 2 years. This review make a big mistake. But many ways in all the instructions book printed or in pdf, they talk like if the SD card is included. In that case, the free books are in the internal memory and take 80 MB of total real internal memory this review talk about: MB witch is not the fact. Matter of fact, event a MB internal memory, and event if you take out the e-books, after the firmware updated loaded, it is not very good with the memory left to make the machine work smoothly…event with those low resources demand and so ugly pages of his interface.
I wish to see how long it will take to see a book that I select from a 32 GB SD card full of thousands books… I would like to purchase an eReader, but I want to be able to download library books.
Has anyone been able to do this with the Libre? Not me! To scarry if any problem happen! I just purchased the Libre 1 week ago. I love it. Finally decided to go to their website for the firmware upgrade. Worked great. The v0. I hope this kind of support continues.
Worth every penny I paid for it. At some stores the white Libre is cheaper than the black one I cannot download books from my library directly to the Libre, although it downloads to my computer. Can someone help. I have taken it back to Borders where purchased but no one seems to have any insight. I cannot find a website to contact the company.
For my library, in order to see library books, I had to use Adobe Digital Editions. Download the library books to your computer through the software. You must authorize the device. Then in the Adobe Digital Editions software, drag the books to the Libre. I just bought one and recommended it to a friend and he bought one same day. Excellent buy for the money would like a better on and off button but i understand the logic less chance to turn off accidently but harder to turn on.
I was hesitant before because I did not feel that the prices of any reader matched the worth. However I think this reader was an excellant buy. Would like to see the reader have a dictionary built in but a minor detail. The battery lasts an exteremly long time I like that and ease of use is really above par. I highly recommend the product puts all other readers to shame. When they come out with something with a WiFi connection or Ipad like I will consider upgradeing however it will also have to be a great deal.
I like value for my money and if its as expensive as the Ipad or close to that price it will be a long time before I purchase it. I Like this reader better than Sony, Kindle and though it is not on par with the Ipad I like this better.
My friend has an Ipad and while impressive it is very expensive. Oh and to the guy that bought one in Canada, I bought mine in Ca. Your right I meant 2 gig card I was typing this just before I went to bed. Yes 2 Gig card and just went out and bought a 4gig card last night. Sorry for that small mistake. Oh and as an after thought how did you have all those books on the internal memory if its so small?
The internal memory is where you said the books were on the one you bought. To get you immediately on to reading e-books, it comes pre-installed with classics. You can add more either by downloading manually or purchasing from ePub-supported stores. Aluratek is associated with eBooks. The power button, headphone jack, and the hand-strap loop are provided at the bottom of the device whereas the SD slot, mini USB port is covered with a rubberized flap which feels firm and covers the USB port.
In a nutshell, Libre Pro gives you the sense of a simple and comfortable e-reader which is a good alternative to the expensive and fancy e-readers consisting Wi-Fi or 3G connectivity. Turn to our Good E-Reader Blog for more updates on this as well as the latest e-reader news.
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