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iRex DigitalReader DR800SG
The iRex DigitalReaderDR800SG is an eBook reader with 8.1 inch advanced touch screen. The display in this eBook reader is extremely good and paper-like. Numerous eBooks and magazines can be viewed pleasurably in a rich, natural display.
Design and Features
The iRex DigitalReaderDR800SG weighs about 12.7 ounces and is 0.4 inch thick. This is an ultra thin, portable eBook reader designed with great care to provide easy usage and durability. iRex DR800SG has all the advanced facilities of a hi-end eBook reader merged cleverly into a slimline, beautiful body.
Many eBook readers get a little confused when they use a device with too many controls and buttons. Also eBook readers tend to widely resemble an e-slate. So the users are forced to use both their hands to operate the controls while turning the pages or searching through the contents.
iRex DR800S gives an efficient answer to this problem. Though it has one of the largest screen in the market of 8.1 inches (measured diagonally), it is very thin and weightless. We can easily operate it with one hand. There are literally no manual controls except for the USB ports and the power adaptor.
Screen
The 8.1 inch screen has 768 x 1024 pixels resolution. This screen dominates the whole front part of the iRex reader. The special e-ink technology used helps in giving a prolonged battery life and soothing reading experience. This screen is resistant to finger prints and has a good dust proof coating.
This huge screen comes with very good touch screen interface. This screen has all the main functions like Books, news, images, settings, search, E-Book mall and personal documents listed as icons in three neat rows. We have a menu icon on the left rear corner, the page numbers and the battery indicator on the right rear corner
All the menus are placed spaciously. Even people having very large thumbs can access it easily. We get an additional stylus also for easy usage. The plain grayscale display gives a very natural, print like experience when we use it.
Storage
The iRex DR800SG uses micro SD card slot for storage. The device comes with a preinstalled 2GB micro SD card. We can store thousands of eBooks, numerous images and many periodical subscriptions using this vast memory. Memory could be expanded further according to our requirement.
Support
iRex supports text file formats like EPub, PDF and PDB. Image file formats like JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP and TIFF are supported. Word documents and txt and HTML file formats are not supported. However we get access to so many eBook stores in the internet. We can use the Google books for free. We also get subscriptions for numerous magazines and periodicals through the iRex store.
Image and Music
Image display in iRex DR800SG is excellent. All the advanced image file formats like JPEG are supported. It does not have audio support however. Audio files are not supported in any form. Hence we cannot hear music or audio books.
Transferring Data
Data transfer in iRex DigitalReaderDR800SG is a simple, easy process. Just connect the computer and the eBook reader with a USB cable and transfer your data. The eBook reader comes with built- software so there is no need to install or launch any new programs in the computer.
Performance
The screen is extremely sensitive even to very small taps. The additional stylus proves a very worthy accessory. This eBook reader has very good note making and annotation facilities. The special Wacom navigation stylus is very useful for these purposes. We can simply treat this eBook reader like a notepad and scribble whatever we like into it. We can book mark the pages for further use.
We get access to wide variety of books. The file format support is acceptable and the battery life is fairly good. The user interface is made as simple as possible. It refers roughly to a normal mobile phone we use. So the users get an already accustomed feeling when they see the home screen and give a sigh of relief.
We have good storage capacity, text editing options and access to literally any file format. We can download from numerous eBook stores in the internet. We need not use any great conversion software. This eBook reader is quite fast in its performance. The startup time and page refreshing time are very less.
Special features
iRex DigitalReaderDR800SG uses 3G wireless connection. We can purchase books using the internet from nearly any place. There is no need to use a computer. We can also use this facility to download numerous RSS feeds from the internet.
Verdict
iRex DigitalReaderDR800SG is a simple, ultra compact eBook reader with 3G wireless connection. It is easily portable and has excellent display and user friendly interface as its highlight. Limited file format support is the only drawback. It is a product suitable for both tech geeks and common people.
Cost: $400
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