Bookeen Cybook Opus review
in Ebook Readers
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Verdict
Small, light and with some nice touches, but the price and menu system kill the appeal
Review Date: 20 Jan 2010
Reviewed By: Jonathan Bray
Price when reviewed: £183 (£215 inc VAT)
Overall Rating
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| Part Code | CYBPE10W |
| Review Date | 20 Jan 2010 |
| Price ex VAT | £183 |
| Price inc VAT | £215 |
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| Screen size | 5.0in |
| Resolution | 600 x 800 |
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| Battery Life | 8,000 page turns |
| Integrated memory | 1.0GB |
| Memory-card type | MicroSD |
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| Dimensions | 108 x 10 x 151mm (WDH) |
| Weight | 150g |
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Kevin
A 20GB a month cap, are you serious! I'll stay with ADSL for now, thanks very much!
By treadmill on 21 Jan 2010 
Kevin
A 20GB a month cap, are you serious! I'll stay with ADSL for now, thanks very much!
By treadmill on 21 Jan 2010
Wrong article.
By JamieC on 21 Jan 2010
Got the Cybook Opus for Christmas and for using as just an e-reader I think it's great(I've read 4 books on it so far). Much lighter and more comfortable to hold than the Sony Pocket, with the addition of a SD slot and larger memory. The option to have the screen landscape or portriat is a real bonus as I have found landscape mode much more comfortable to read as the width is similar to an actual book. The price at Waterstones was £179 inc VAT so much cheaper than the reviewed price too! Also, once plugged in to the PC you can add your own Folder to the download folder thus making the menue much easier and enabling you to split your books up into seperate folders if you wish.
By scream on 24 Jan 2010
Lomskij
It's definitely a step into right direction - all older 6" readers are just too bulky to be pocketable. I just don't get that "not quite as lovely as the Kindle" part - Amazon devices look plain ugly to me, but that's just a matter of taste I guess :-)
By Lomskij on 28 Jan 2010
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