http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/new-ectaco-ebook-reader-shown-at-frankfurt-uses-aa-batteries-and-will-retail-for-149/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:23:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/new-ectaco-ebook-reader-shown-at-frankfurt-uses-aa-batteries-and-will-retail-for-149/comment-page-1/#comment-1147107 Steve Jordan Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:22:49 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=30649#comment-1147107 There's nothing wrong with being able to use standard batteries, though I hope it can still be plugged in to recharge them. After all, we don't want to unnecessarily add batteries to the landfills, do we? There’s nothing wrong with being able to use standard batteries, though I hope it can still be plugged in to recharge them. After all, we don’t want to unnecessarily add batteries to the landfills, do we?

]]> http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/new-ectaco-ebook-reader-shown-at-frankfurt-uses-aa-batteries-and-will-retail-for-149/comment-page-1/#comment-1147105 Joseph Gray Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:29:05 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=30649#comment-1147105 It is nice to see ereaders getting more affordable. From the pictures, I don't see what is so "unusual" about the form factor. Other than probably being thicker to hold AA cells, it looks just like the regular jetBook that I have. It is nice to see ereaders getting more affordable. From the pictures, I don’t see what is so “unusual” about the form factor. Other than probably being thicker to hold AA cells, it looks just like the regular jetBook that I have.

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