Wired Cool-er e-reader review. In summary they hate it

[faintdreams]

Full review here: http://www.wired.com/reviews/product/pr_cooler

Snippet below.

WIRED Candy colors. Initial cost of admission cheaper than competitors. Support for open formats. Battery life is good for a fortnight.

TIRED Flimsy buttons. Plasticky-construction. Overpriced e-book store. Tacky user interfaced. No auto-sleep mode. No WiFi. No access to newspapers, blogs or magazines.

I don't know about you but I do not view wi-fi on an dedicated e-reader as a deal-breaker. Ditto blogs / newspapers

Comments

[quivo]

Oh, you *don't* live in a land where unlocked, freely accessible WiFi wafts round every corner?

Seriously, though, the only useful thing the Kindle's wireless radio does for me is allow me to buy and download ebooks. In a very, very hard pinch, I might use it to browse the internet, but only if I have no other recourse, which I rarely do.

No surprise, in all, that Wired hates the Cool-er. The short-ish Mobileread review that some random user posted up talks mostly about how well the epub reader on it performs.

[amalthia]

I think my only complaint based on the MobileRead review is that it doesn't support RTF well. Having said that, it has support for epub (good support) and for mobi...that's a BIG step in the right direction!

[amalthia]

p.s. wireless isn't a deal breaker for me either. I'm looking for format support, collection/folders, and ease of use.

[babaca]

If wireless was a deal breaker I wouldn't own a Sony. I will agree with the overpriced store in their review, I did visit it and thought, "What the heck are they smoking over there."