This simple design can also be found throughout eReader again. The menu system is easy knit, explained by itself and comes with no frills from. It has been reduced to the essentials, so the handling of the device is a breeze. Be it even when loading the books or the reading process itself.
Via USB, the included suite or even Adobe Digital Editions of the eReader is stocked with books. It can be compared like with an MP3 player, which is fed by means of a Media Player files. Who wants it even easier, it can even simply copy it to the reader to have to avail without any software.
Once the digital books on the Reader are good to go. After turning on the library is updated and you can see an overview of directly with the most recently read book, the recently read books and also a sneak preview of the newly added. Just below there is the library, which can be opened with the directional pad and reproduces a list of all eBooks.
Viewable with covers or simply as a list, you can see the books by title, author, sort recently read or added. A categorization can not be created, it can only individual books are marked as favorites and accessed in this list. If that's too much at his Search mass of books, can easily search for the right title on the search.
After the finding of suitable novel you go on the offensive: reading. The eBook is opened and the text can be adjusted as you like. Font size and margins are customizable and can be prepared according to your needs to align. The writing of S - XXXL (read: from small to immense), at the side edges in small, medium and large. The font, such as the line spacing can not be changed, but chosen, like any average novel and leads to any impairment.
The display problems of PDFs to be solved with the Reflowfunktion. The reflow splits the texts pleasant and without greater Notable problems in a readable optics without the text to tear or maim even. They can be almost, thanks to the function, read as normal commercial eBooks. Can be read here all the books in landscape or in portrait format.
In addition, the eReader stores all settings and locations of every eBook where you left off reading by themselves. Even with the help of bookmarks can Scattered points are highlighted and links within the text are now usable. In addition, a list of all chapters displayed and each individual be selected.
The advertised Digital Ink display makes reading more enjoyable and much less stressful for the eye as for the battery the device. Through this display as the release of TFT screens, the Trekstor has used previously, the battery performance may expand to several weeks while reading pleasure are magnified. But compared to its competitors in cuts of Digital Ink display from rather poor. The font looks pale and has less contrast than other eReaders, but can be read clearly. The Ghosting is rather minimal and low, so that the footprints of the previous image show through almost or very low. The flip goes quickly in this context. But even in these areas, the competitors are a bit better.
In terms of usability TrekStor has massively increased. The buttons work in any pressure and are positioned so that overlaps nothing. The respective withdrawals are perfectly placed to be. Even without detailed view of the reader to be able to orient the eBook Reader physically
What the eBook Reader is completely lacking is a translation function for foreign language texts as well as Wi-Fi, but comes with an internal memory of 4GB therefore.
Conclusion
TrekStor Pyrus is an easy knitted Reader, which is reduced to that for which it is produced: for reading. A reader, who makes do with little, but his role as reader copes confidently. Anyone looking for a simple and cheap ebook reader, is here at the set point. All those who want more than just reading, should resort to competing products.
Comments
TrekStor Pyrus is also marketed under the name "eBook Reader 4" in the world and there costs only 59.99.
