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[jammo]

hello

I am in the market for a simple b/w eReader.

I need:
to be able to view/download/purchase Korean and English books
to be able to annotate


any recommendations? thanks

[jammo]

has anyone used one of these?

http://www.kyobobook.co.kr/product/detailViewKor.laf?mallGb=KOR&ejkGb=KOR&linkClass=&barcode=8809055019058

I was wondering if i can easily drop txt files onto it without any drm-only rubbish occuring...


thanks

[Skippy]

Really if you want stability and selection go with one of the two big ones...

Kindle or Nook. Heck Sony tooo.

Go Kindle it will ship here no problem.

Avoid the Korean ones. Most of the time over priced, fade away as nobody uses, and badly programmed/made.

If you want some indepth info of certain readers check out

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=50
Plus the wiki
http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_devices

If you are technically minded considered getting a chinese rip off. Problem is no E-ink screen, thus color.

http://www.dealextreme.com/c/e-book-readers-114

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/7-0-touch-screen-e-book-reader-music-video-media-player-w-microphone-av-out-tf-black-2gb-59140

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/e003-7-lcd-e-book-reader-media-player-w-fm-radio-voice-recorder-white-128mb-ram-2gb-flash-44051

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/7-0-tft-touch-screen-e-book-reader-multimedia-player-w-voice-recorder-tf-black-8gb-109642

Or even some of the basic cheap tablets on the site could suit you too.

Dealextreme has free shipping to Korea but can be slow to get to you. Plus you want to careful of customs limits keep it under 150k including shipping.

[jammo]

thanks skippy - out of these - which is the best for viewing hangul?


after some research - text files will be fine for me to start but i would like the option to buy korean books too. this reader will be used to study korean primarily so the ability to display it well and with a non-glossy screen is a concern.


thanks!

[Skippy]

I am pretty certain the Kindle will do the Korean characters. But the slection of Korean books are next to nothing with Amazon. Where to get I do not know. There is a Korean ebook pirate scene, I have some students that read ebooks on there phone or electronic dictionary. Where they get them? I do not know? But I thing those are usually strickly basic text. Careful with buying some of the Korean ebooks as they are copy protected and may ask you to install specialty software to view.

More later.

[jammo]

thanks!

I will look more into it myself when i get the chance to go to technomart/yongsan/wherever

I'm sure that it is possible as long as it is unicode but whether it does it well is another matter I guess.

Cheers