Endless Ideas BV BeBook

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 10 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

1
Average:

2
Bad:

7

Pros:

Good quality screen; can to play some music files
Lightweight. Decent internal memory. Good battery. Wide e-book compatibility

Cons:

Poor interface; tacky feel; patchy file support
Looks and screen not quite as sharp as the PRS-505

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Last revision on August 15, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Good quality screen; can to play some music files
Lightweight. Decent internal memory. Good battery. Wide e-book compatibility

Reviewers Didn't Like

Poor interface; tacky feel; patchy file support
Looks and screen not quite as sharp as the PRS-505

Expert reviews and ratings

With better usability this would have been a good choice of electronic reader Good points Good quality screen; can to play some music files Bad points Poor interface; tacky feel; patchy file support...

By V3.co.uk on May 07, 2009

Where the BeBook stumbles is price, making the Sony Reader a more appealing...

By Pocket-lint on April 01, 2009

BeBook is an E Ink-based ebook reader, which gets some things exactly right, but in other ways fails to match whats already out there. For example, the Sony Reader PRS-505 is a lot slicker, both in appearance and user interface. E Ink is a wonderful...

By TechRadar on March 25, 2009

Relatively small and compact, Endless Ideas' BeBook has an impressive screen, good file-format support and exceptional battery life. Due to an unappealing appearance and sluggish, illogical menu system, however, it can't really compete with the...

By CNET UK on January 29, 2009

The jurys still out on whether eBooks will ever truly hit the mainstream, but certainly theres been more activity around them in 2008 than any previous year. Unfortunately Amazon hasnt yet brought the to the UK, but Sony did create quite a...

By Trusted Reviews on December 31, 2008

Whereas Sonys device requires Adobe Digital Editions and is aimed at selling you books, the BeBook is better suited to the array of free online material. This may be more challenging, but as we got used to finding texts in a readable format, so our...

By PC Advisor on November 19, 2008

The idea being: endless books. Useful features, but the hardware is ugly. Thousands of books are now available to download from the Internet, some for free and others at a price, and bookshops are promoting eBook readers as a clever way of carrying...

By Expert Reviews on November 01, 2008

A smart, no-frills eBook reader, but a little too pricey...

By Stuff on October 28, 2008

Some thoughtful design touches, but a cheap feel and a high price put paid to the BeBook's chances....

By PC Pro on October 01, 2008

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By Shiny Shiny on November 18, 2008

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