The screen acts with 5 "first time a little small, but not a bit while reading interferes. The workmanship is quite good, the device fits comfortably in your hand, which is still favored by the low weight. Through the 360 ° sensor, the the image automatically rotates when you turn the reader, is all left-handers interesting. The buttons are easily accessible and can be easy operated with the same hand that you hold the reader. The only small complaint are the two great " leaves "buttons on the sides of the joystick: the somewhat flameproof and audible when you press But the little problems I am also got rid of the joystick is the central navigation aid; per all keys are freely definable (up to two functions. (see below.). button on short and long press).
Where the reader may particularly points, is the software. This is really well thought out. If you already sees the formats, so the part can handle virtually all. Unprotected and protected ePUB and PDF, which in the Soviet bloc widespread FB2, DOC, RTF, TXT, HTML ... PDFs can be displayed via "Reflow", which increases the readability. Books can be stored in directories on the Mini-SD card (at FB2 even zipped FB2 files are shown), there are three views for the book directory (eg with book covers). When reading software is either an Adobe Reader (for DRM protected files) or the open-source project FBReader. With a modified version of FBReader is the G-Sensor of the PocketBook 360 ° even possible to turn the pages without pushing a button (only through tilting the wrist). This is the feature that I would not have missed this part the least.
What WiFi, loading eBooks via UMTS or other proprietary frills terms that distinguishes the great players, so there are not all here. For a notes module, storing quotations from books read the Reader brings (but only as images), search and a dictionary (English-German is on the device, other devices you get from the manufacturer's website). In multimedia capabilities the device dispensed (although it represents images in 16 grayscale quite passable), but there is so a lot of games: for example Sudoku, Battleship, solitaire or chess.
All in all it is a comfortable, many formats eating and functionally quite powerful reader, though they can not score with a strong brand name, but not delivering the buyer at the point solutions more powerful global player that accept only the "own" formats ,
