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Comment on The Pico-Life W960 and How I Almost Owned One by Tony

Tony — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:31:55 +0000

Hi. I have the same problem with the unit turning off before I read a page ( and I read quite quickly!) This is the only thing which I find a problem. I paid only $99 so I’m not complaining, but wish the problem could be fixed.
Cheers, Tony.

Comment on The Pico-Life W960 and How I Almost Owned One by jack

jack — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:30:02 +0000

OK now this is so annoying i can’t even purchase a book on this thing.

Comment on The Pico-Life W960 and How I Almost Owned One by phil

phil — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:48:54 +0000

i almost purchased one,how ever your report on the e\pico put me right off, office works had it tucked away in a corner ,as for staff, enough said, now looking at sony,would also like coloured screen and text to speach feature thanks

Comment on The Pico-Life W960 and How I Almost Owned One by Terry

Terry — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:57:13 +0000

I have had a PICO W961 for about a year. I had some trouble trying to work out how an ereader worked and also found a fault with downloading epub books which turned out to be the fault of my Windows system, not the unit.
When I worked out how to put books on (from another computer), I was delighted. For technical help, the assistance I got from Mint Technology was fantastic. He was so patient and helpful and this was a second hand one from ebay!
The battery life on mine is wonderful! I read a lot on planes and trains and have never gone lower than 3/4 , reading for up to 2 hours at a time and sometimes haven’t recharged for a month.
I find the screen so easy to read and usually opt for the middle size font, so easy to change to.
I store some favourite BW photos on it and some music, but, to be honest, that is not what I want it for.
I love the lightness of it, the easy page change.

However, I am a library fan and I realize it cannot read Adobe Digital Editions which my library stocks, so I cannot get such books as I really want.

I am seriously looking at later models such as the Pico BK7021 which will be released in November 2011 at JBHiFI.
Cant wait to check it out and ses if it is as good as Kobo or Sony.

Comment on The Pico-Life W960 and How I Almost Owned One by Chris Gray

Chris Gray — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 07:34:32 +0000

That sounds like a strange problem, and something that no eBook reader should do to you. If there’s not a setting you can change to delay the sleep mode, perhaps you have a faulty unit?

Comment on The Pico-Life W960 and How I Almost Owned One by joan white

joan white — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:38:55 +0000

hi i have pico life and am happy with it except it always turns off before i manage to read a full page so then have to turn it on again which is a pain do other readers have this trouble

Comment on StumbleUpon – Song of the South DVD Remastered by Chris Gray

Chris Gray — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 06:10:08 +0000

Back in October 2008 when I wrote this, that website was selling bootleg copies of a supposedly remastered copy of the film, with no disclaimer that it was not in fact an official (i.e., not pirated) DVD, nor did they mention that the DVD was a backup of a supplied VHS or LaserDisc as you presume was the case.

Now, three years later, it’s a totally different story. Now, it’s just a linkfarm website that offers no products at all.

So while you’re probably within the realms of truth saying “MOST of these are not pirated!”, let’s be clear. Nobody will find genuine Song of the South DVDs anywhere in those links. It doesn’t exist, and Disney will probably enjoy keeping it that way forever.

But in the mean time, those links will make you money, no doubt. Good luck with that Craig.

Comment on StumbleUpon – Song of the South DVD Remastered by Craig Watkins

Craig Watkins — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 02:11:47 +0000

MOST of these are not pirated! They are an original Disney movie that is legal to be sold in that country. But not intended to be sold in the US! Or an older LASER DISK or older VCR! A long time ago Song of the South WAS sold in the US with these formats! All these people do is sell you an ORIGINAL and a DVD backup which can be played in any country. (Remember, it is LEGAL for you to have a BACKUP when you own an original!) 1) Song of the South is one of Disneys best! 2) Song of the South is the first time anyone combined animated and real people on a tape! Please learn the law befor you insult people who follow the law!

Comment on The Pico-Life W960 and How I Almost Owned One by P.Fredericks

P.Fredericks — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 09:28:32 +0000

Yes, pdf’s can be zoomed, but unlike txt/epub/mobi/lit etc formats, the text cannot be scaled to fit within the display borders. Once zoomed, you need to scroll left/right/up/down to read the page. This might be tolerable if it wasn’t for the clumsy joystick scrolling & slight lag in scroll response which ultimately make reading zoomed pdf’s a pain in the you-know-what.
The only pdf’s I have on my Pico are ones that have been converted from rtf’s or doc’s with modified/custom font, page & borders sizes.
However, thanks to the W960′s terrible grey scaling, any images within these pdf’s look pretty lousy.

When shopping around, I’d recommend taking a SD card with 1 book each of as many different formats as possible & road test them on any of the readers you look at (if the retailer allows it).

Don’t get the wrong impression, despite my relatively minor gripes I’m very happy with my W960.

Comment on After the Thunderstorm by Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:22:14 +0000

Nice, love the second shot. The grounds look so perfectly kept.