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MobileRead outs the Jointech JE100
June 7, 2009 | 3:24 pm
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By Paul Biba
This is an LCD-based reader. However it only has a 3 to 6 hour battery life which makes it fairly useless in my opinion. See MobileRead here. Here’ part of the product page blurb:
- World’s first Palm size eBook Running Operating System WIN CE.
- Unique because of its multi functions as book reading, audio and video.
- Innovative Handheld travel friendly size
- Light weight and long battery life
- Innovative design and Executive look
- A handy tool for personal entertainment.
- Color Display with Touch panel
- Images viewer, audio and video player
- Power Point, MS office, MS Excel files viewer and editor.
- Rechargeable Battery.
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I wouldn’t consider it useless, for two reasons: One, many people read less than 3-6 hours per day (me, for instance), so this device would work fine for them; and Two, if it has a rechargeable battery, you may be able to recharge it on-the-fly with peripherals like battery- or solar-based chargers.
Bottom line, I would definitely check this out, and if it didn’t cost too much, I’d bring one home based on the specs I’ve seen.
Given the first readers on the market got over 20 hours of battery life, albeit, non-color, how can they think this is acceptable battery life? At the very least I would like a reader to have battery life for at least a weekend’s worth of reading without worrying about needing a charge.
On the other hand I am happy to see someone still exploring LCD in readers.
The painfully low battery life is the deal-breaker for me. 3-6 hours wouldn’t last most people a trip to the airport, flying time, etc.
As Dana pointed out, it’d be nice to see at least a week’s worth of reading before needing a charge. Constantly worrying about the battery dying definitely takes away from a positive ebook reading experience.
I guess I don’t understand how this improves on an iPod Touch with the appropriate apps.
And how can anybody call a battery life of 3 to 6 hours “long”?
Cat, it’s the size. You’re talking about 3-4 times the screen size of an iTouch or your average PDA. Almost magazine-page size… and in color, yet. That, I think, is its greatest feature.
Lemme see here … hm-m: the JoinTech J-Pro 7100 has an 800×480 color 7″ LCD touch screen, running WinCE and costs $99.
Subtract the keyboard, use the same screen and OS, and it looks to me like you’ve got an 8-ounce e-book reader, which also plays music and video files, for an even lower price.
First of all, it also lets you play video and surf the web. Secondly, the screen is far larger. If battery life on a long trip is a big concern, get an Energi to go for 18,000 mah of power which is 12 times what the JE100 features, the battery is the size of a skinny paperback book. Woot recently had this battery for $100. I think 39-78 hours (including the native 3-6 hours) of reading, web-surfing, video watching and color photo viewing should suffice for most people.