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4.3" Touch eReader (Gear2go) Model GEET043K - $30.00 - BigW - Eastgardens, Pagewood

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4.3" Touch eReader (Gear2go) Model GEET043K - $30.00 - BigW - Eastgardens, Pagewood
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neopets on 28/11/2013 - 01:20 files.ozbargain.com.au (177 clicks)
4.3" Touch eReader by Gear2Go for $30

Read Ebooks, Watch Video, Listen to Music.

I bought one on the 26th November and I looked at the usual price underneath the sale price sticker. It said $48. So you make a saving of $18. The price is pretty good, I think. I like it, it feels solid, not like a cheap light plastic.

These are the specs:

4.3" TFT Touch Screen
480 x 272 screen resolution
Supports up to 4hrs in reading
Licensed Adobe Reader Software
Rechargeable Li-ion battery (1500mAH)
Built-in Micro SD card reader (up to 16GB)
TTS - English and Chinese
Video - MPG, RMVB, FLV, ASF, WMV, MP4, 3GP, RM, AVI, DAT, H.264 decoder up to 720p
TXT - PDF, EPUB, FB2, TXT, MOBI, HTML, PDB, RTF, LRC
Image - JPG, BMP, GIF
Music - MP3, WMA, FLAC, AAC, OGG, WAV, (MP3:8Kbps ~ 320 Kbps, WMA:5Kbps ~ 192Kbps)
4GB Internal memory
32MB RAM
Charge via USB port

Pack includes:
4.3" TFT eBook Reader
Mini 5 Pin USB Cable
Earphone
User Manual

Includes Adobe Reader Mobile

System Requirements: Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows Vista, Available USB Port

You also get these free ebooks in txt format:
Blinky Bill
Dot and The Kangaroo
Peter Pan
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

www.e3style.com

It would have been good if it came with a case.

I have two questions:

  1. Can you use a USB Charger Electric Wall Plug to charge it instead of the computer usb? Is that safe, or can doing that damage the ereader as it doesn't say in the book if you can do that.

  2. How many hours do you charge it for?

When I bought it on the 26/11/13, there was a lot left, I don't know now. I got it from BigW at Westfield Shopping Centre, Pagewood Eastgardens (in the Eastern Suburbs, Sydney). Love it so far, but that is just me, it is up to you, read the specs to see if you like the features.

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  • ESEMCE on 28/11/2013 - 09:05

    Pointless if you have a smartphone.
    Better off buying an extended battery or saving for an e-ink reader.

    EDIT: actually, this is just outright pointless… If you don't own a smartphone, spend your money on one instead of buying this. It'll do as good (if not better) as an e-reader as well as do many, many more things than this device could ever do.

  • Tihocan on 28/11/2013 - 09:08

    This reminds me of the $30 Migear eReader I bought - in the end it was not worth the money for the TFT version.

    Most reviews for this seem to be very similar to my experiences with a cheap TFT eReader. Poor battery, unable to read while charging, boot problems and mixed success with file formats.

    But then, it's BigW - if it's not for you, it can probably be returned with little trouble, right?

  • jjcf on 28/11/2013 - 09:49

    It's not an ereader, despite what they might claim. It's just a flimsy, terribad Chinese tablet.

  • neopets on 28/11/2013 - 12:05
    +1

    I know you don't like it, but I am keeping it as I only wanted to spend $30 anyway, and with the cheap phones in the $30 to $35 range (for example the optimus L3 e400f) sold in Woolworths from time to time there is only 2gb micro SD card and the screen is smaller. The optimus does have an advantage over the ereader in that it can connect to wifi and download apps for android.

    These are my reasons for liking it:
    • Micro SD cards cost more than SD cards and I don't want to spend any more extra money on this item.
    • It connects to computer through usb without a problem, mp3 and mobi works and has 4gb inbuilt instead of a 2gb micro sd card.
    • I don't care if the other file formats don't work, as long as these two formats work I am happy and as long as I don't have the china mp3 player which is in this price range and I don't like them because they can only do certain things like play music etc and not read mobi books.
    • The optimus screen is small, I like the larger screen on this ereader
    • I do like the optimus alot too AND the ereader. I like them both for different reasons

    Going good, so far that is, but I have only used it for 2 days, we'll see. I know what you mean, a mobile phone can do more things, thats true, but I don't want/need a mobile phone, who am I going to ring?

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