The Best of Both Phone, and Tablet
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"Excellent for a knowledgeable computer user" on by 74hodag
Pros: Can read many ebook formats
Cons: After a few years the page turning wheel wears out
Summary: I love my ebookman. You have to know what you are doing when it comes to moving files around on your computer but if you can do that it's great.
What I do is delete everything on it except the MobiPocket Reader and it's associated files.
All I use it for is an ebook reader. So, I don't need the other stuff.
You can download a free MobiPocket converter from mobipocket.com and convert any .txt, .doc, .pdf or .html file to the mobipocket format.
You can also use the free ABC Amber Lit converter to convert .lit files to html and then to mobipocket.
So, you can read virtually any ebook.
It doesn't have a built in battery so you have to buy your own. What I did was go to Radio Shack and buy a battery charger and 4 NMH batteries for it. Two are charging while I'm using the other two. These four batteries have lasted me almost two years now. Make sure you get the Radio Shack brand.
If you want a pda type machine don't get this. If you want a relatively inexpensive ebook reader get it. Once you get rid of the useless apps in the OS you have plenty of room for at least 15 ebooks.
Oh, and never buy a MMC of over 16MB. It doesn't handle them well.
Overall, as an ebook reader you can't beat it.
- 1 reply to this review
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I have just received one of these for my wife for christmas and I am having a lot of issues which since franklin sold this unit to eatco and i have had poor results with their tech support I would really like to find someone who owns one and would help me by email or phone. having trouble converting mp-3 to franklin music format, also to then be able to store and retreive from mmc card, i know how to move files to the mmc card. Also having trouble with mobipocket books ect. here is my email DWWSCC@BELLSOUTH.NET OR MY CELL # IS 864-384-7466 which i would be glad to call you at a good time for you and would even be willing to pay you a reasonable amount for your time and help through paypal ect. I would really appreciate someone's help, with many thanks in advance Doug!!!
