Screen Size Diagonal:
6 inches
No
Wireless Syncing
Screen Type:
E Ink
Reading Experience
5
Show what experts say (8 reviews)
"The text didn't always display correctly--or the font was too small on some occasions--but we found a lot of good free material to read and the E-ink text on the Cool-er appeared sharp, with good contrast; it looked just like it does on the Kindle 2."
"Thanks to a satin finish to the screen, it even copes well in direct sunlight, as the (non-touch) Sony Readers do, and it has the standard 800 x 600-pixel resolution."
"The Cool-er has the same 6-inch screen as the Kindle 2, but renders text with a proprietary computer-screen-esque font face instead of the more "print"-like Kindle 2 typeface. It is, of course, size-adjustable. You can also flip it 90 degrees to read in landscape mode."
"The "page turning" on the device--when you move back and forth in a document--has a slower refresh rate than rival readers from Sony and Amazon."
"The $249 Cool-er uses similar black-and-white E Ink technology as its rivals. All of these devices, Cool-er included, do a fine job of replicating the paper experience on an electronic screen."
"Those minor gripes aside, once you have spent a few days reading on the device you really do warm to it. Ardent traditionalists that are quick to declare ebooks "a passing fad" are soon won over when they realise that e-ink really works – and is a very similar experience to reading a paperback."
"Page turns are on a par with those of most other current readers--sluggish, but not painfully so."
"If you're progressing at a normal reading pace, the delay of moving between pages is not really noticeable as the screen refreshes. E Ink displays are inherently slow to refresh due to the way in which they work, so if you planning scanning through a book, you'll soon get frustrated."
Outdoor Reading show formula
E-reader's with e-ink displays are great for outdoor reading, LCD screens aren't nearly as good. We use (E-Ink = Great, LCD = Ok) to calculate this.
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Wireless Downloading show formula
E-readers with Wi-Fi are good. E-readers with Wi-Fi and mobile broadband are even better.
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