Gadgets of the Week: Pocket Readers
Pre-Loaded Library – BeBook £179.99 from www.play.com
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You’ll be able to get stuck straight in with the BeBook. The device comes with 150 titles for you to flick through and fine tune your electronic reading skills before grabbing a few titles of your own from the virtual shelves. BeBook has a decent battery.
Colourful Collection – COOL-ER eBook – £189.95 from www.firebox.com.
The content may not yet be displayed in varying hues but the outer casing on this one certainly sets it apart.
Little Read – Sony Reader Pocket Edition – £149.00 from www.waterstones.com
Small enough to slip in the inside pocket yet still able to deliver your reading material on a five-inch screen which has three text-size settings to avoid any squinting. The memory copes with an impressive 350 books.
Easy Read – Sony Reader Touch – £224.00 from www.whsmith.co.uk.
The latest eReader from Sony takes the technology to the next level with this touch screen unit that makes reading on it effortless. A great-looking and compact unit that’s able to hold 300 books on the internal memory and has a dictionary.
