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COOL-ER eBook Reader (Blue)
 
 

COOL-ER eBook Reader (Blue)

by COOL-ER
2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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Technical Details

  • Glare-free 6" display that looks just like paper
  • An expandable memory that holds thousands of books, and plays MP3s so you can listen as you read
  • Compatible with several file types including PDF, EPUB, FB2, RTF, TXT, HTML, PRC and JPG. Multi-lingual and can be used in eight different languages
  • Set to become the iPod of eReaders, this wafer thin gizmo will revolutionise the way you read and buy books
  • Capable of storing between 500-800 novels, the 1GB COOL-ER (expandable via SD) uses E-ink technology to replicate the experience of reading a book.

Product details

  • Boxed-product Weight: 998 g
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  • Manufacturer reference: CL600-SB
  • ASIN: B002R1CT1I
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 30 Sep 2009
  • Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 47,772 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Product Description

With a glare-free 6" display that looks just like paper and an expandable memory that holds thousands of books, this wafer-thin eReader even plays MP3s so you can listen as you read. Set to become the iPod of eReaders, this wafer thin gizmo will revolutionise the way you read and buy books. Capable of storing between 500-800 novels, the 1GB COOL-ER (expandable via SD) uses E-ink technology to replicate the experience of reading a book. Its also unaffected by direct sunlight, so you can carry on reading wherever you may roam. Simply download your books from any of the countless online sources floating around in cyberspace and drag them on to this USB friendly slice of genius. Its easier than...erm, picking up a book. Better still, all COOL-ER owners receive a 25% lifetime discount at Coolerbooks.com, home to over 750,000 titles, 500,000 of which are completely free. Youre spoilt for choice: thrillers, chick lit, biographies, children's books, languages, best sellers. The COOL-ER's internal battery charges in around three hours and lasts for 8000 page turns (the equivalent of reading War and Peace five times). And should you fall asleep it automatically switches off after 15 minutes. the COOL-ER's iPod-style scroll wheel acts as a menu selector and page turner. It also lets you select from six font sizes and toggle between landscape and portrait viewing. Compatible with several file types including PDF, EPUB, FB2, RTF, TXT, HTML, PRC and JPG. It's even multi-lingual and can be used in eight different languages. Contents: * 1x COOL-ER eBook Reader * 1x USB cable * 1x Headphone converter plug * 1x Quick start guide Dimensions: * Measures approximately: 183mm (H) x 118mm (W) x 11mm (D) * Weight approximately: 178g

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not so cool if I'm honest, 20 Jan 2010
By FishBlobCat "Moogle" (Bedfordshire, England) - See all my reviews
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I was SO excited when I got this for Christmas - I'd been itching for an e-reader for AGES! I was all upset within hours of opening when the blasted thing told me my eBooks in EPUB format were unreadable (that's the main format) I downloaded some glitch software which sorted it out, telling me it was a problem with my COMPUTER. I'd never had any of these problems before. Even so, I plodded on, liking my green e-reader because of how beautiful it was, how sleek and how handy. I never got to carry it around slipped into my bag like I wanted, because before we'd even went out it crashed.(this is all still Christmas day, by the way)The e-reader website only said it would crash due to lack of charge - I'd just charged it up! I hadn't done nearly as many page turns as they promised - only abut twenty! Eventually I found out from a different site there was a reset button on the back you could press when it froze. Doing so it started to work again.

Not so long after this I turned it on after not using it for a day or so. It crashed on load-up. Confident this time, I pushed a pen into the reset button And again. Nothing happened. We tried everything to stop it from being frozen. Nothing worked, giving up, but still within warranty, we sent it back to Cool-er. Almost a month later, it arrived (in blue, not my original colour because they were out of stock and I would have had to wait another month.)

Excited I started to carefully peel off the protective film on the reader, careful not to let any damage come to its shiny exterior. The front was perfect. I started to peel away the back and the shiny glaze, or whatever it is, comes off with it leaving an ugly dull blue plastic-y splodge on the reader, and the metallic blue glaze on the protective film. Some protection THAT turned out to be! My advice - chose a different e-reader. Although, admittedly, the new one didn't freeze on the load-up. Yet.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good if you know what you will get, 2 Aug 2010
This review is from: COOL-ER eBook Reader (Blue)
First off this thing is most suited to reading long-form text out of the box (i.e. plain books).

It does handle pdfs with images but there are two kinds of pdfs - scanned text and printed text. It can read printed text well but I would forget about scanned text.

The device appears as an external USB hdd - you can just load documents onto it and you are good to go. A better way is to download the open-source ebook software 'Calibre' for Windows/Mac/Linux and manage it through that as it can do some conversion to make stuff more readable before it moves it over. Most document formats are handled by the device but if you are trying to use an unsupported one Calibre will convert it for you.

It has an mp3 player which is a waste of buttons - save your battery for the reading. The battery life is not great however (a week on standby?) and the device seems to trip out if left untouched for half a week or so. It is easily fixed by connecting to a computer or I would tape a needle to the back of it somewhere in order to reboot it.

A good entry level ebook reader and has no DRM issues you may have with the Kindle.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Buy a better one, 19 Jun 2010
By L. Hill (UK) - See all my reviews
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My first Cool-er didn't appear to load properly from new and crashed irrevokably after three days. I returned it to Argos and swapped it for a new one. That then started loading at start up three or four times over before being able to access any books and has recently needed a factory reset. I downloaded and installed the updates via an SD card which seemed OK. However, the on/off button has now broken off completely so I can't actually switch it on without plugging into the mains first. It switches itself off after 10 minutes - neither of those aspects is useful for travel which is why I bought it in the first place. I'm now about to buy something different - not sure which one yet, but if you're contemplating an e-book reader, I certainly wouldn't buy this one.
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