Pandigital Novel 6″ eBookreader (Mentioned)
Today is no different than other days except is very boring. I noticed a sale on Pandigital Novel 6″ non-color reader. The battery was weak in our demo so I charged it. I also charged my Blackberry. Vlingo killed my battery. I read through the website and says no battery drainage. I am sure I have to reset something in options menu. I emailed them. They better answer. I like Vlingo and needs to work.
The Pandigital is very slow. The screen is good and very easy for reading but loading takes a long time. Since I am using one of the worst WiFi sources in America (am not kidding) here at my job, the browser took an eternity to get to Google Reader. I did see my feeds and opened one. I can change setting in Reader so I get to what I need to read faster but still won’t work. I read very fast and text needs to move fast. Novel reads books, plays music and even browses and does email. I didn’t bother with Contacts, Calendar and other apps. It should be fine for reading static pages and moving to another page but too slow for my work. I felt I missed my iWhiteberry 3GS and checked my feeds. The speed was good but reading on eInk is a different experience. $59 is a great price. Let’s not forget much of what we buy on sale need not be great because we can give away as GIFTS so who cares what I did not like about Pandigital Novel. Get one now and keep for Christmas gift list. It is perfect at $59.
Second Day: Today WiFi worked much faster and I was able to use the device so much more. It could also be the battery. Everything went much faster and easier and I think a full battery may have something to do. I tried reading the dumb free books. The dictionary feature is fun but what I really liked was the PDF. I went online on the desktop and looked for the owner manual. As I returned to the device to check something, I noticed the User Guide was in the library. I opened it and was there and worked right too. What did I learn? I can read on the ebook reader screen and is easy. I also realized, I have been downloading PDF files for user guides and what not and they stay on my Netbook and get sort of read. I CAN download hundreds and hundreds and store on any ebook reader. Why? They come handy AND are needed when working. I just need a really cheap ebook reader that is a little faster and I can download the User Guide, the Quick Guide and what else for each new phone and even other devices and put them on the ebook reader. I am sure I will have no problem reading through them and referring to them. The device has to be fast because time is money. As a second thought, a company can put all their resources into PDF and dump into cheap ebook readers. That is a side use for a blog/news reader. I don’t know about reading books especially since my mentors won’t allow me to read or write any books because the content get outdated so fast and take so long to prepare. I do however find reading more pieces of writing that go around the field more important and my device is geared that way. I also write as I am required and anytime somebody uses my stuff or I hear echoes of my thoughts in other writings, I am tempted to whine my stuff are being stolen. I am told over and over they are supposed to use what I write. I give up.
I was unable to find any ebook readers any cheaper than $50 so I think I get a Kindle when it comes out and use it for my PDF files. They will accumulate in no time. I don’t know of any other use for it. The publications offered for subscription are bullshit and some books are worth reading. I may look into library borrowing deal however. I am glad I have made some progress. A ebook reader that slowly gets loaded with the mentioned PDF files will bring my knowledge and ability level much higher.
