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It's charging right now, and I can't use it until it's done. I thought I'd give you my first impressions.

Shipping - It took nine days to get to me from China. I see from the USPS sticker that it arrived in San Francisco on 8 March, and they tried to deliver yesterday. I missed it, and picked it up today.

Packaging - It's about what I expected. It looks pretty much like any other box that contains a small piece of electronics from China. The shipping box was heavy duty cardboard, well taped. I'm not going to post the rest because it's just a standard retail box. Picture is coming soon.

Contents
[list][*]M218A[*]instruction manual (in Chinese)[*]universal power supply[*]USB cable[*]earbuds[*]lanyard[*]CD of Chinese language ebooks (no software, darn it)[/list]

Okay, it turns out I can use the reader while charging it. The screen is sharp. The resolution may not actually be higher than that of the Kindle, but it certainly feels that way. And the refresh is fast. It's an LCD, so of course it's fast.

It has a nice GUI menu, with six options: settings, search, ebooks, enews, music, and pictures. I will need to be very careful when looking at the settings; it looks like I might have access to the system settings. One option I have under settings is "execute file". Since I can also delete the file, I guess this means that I might be able to run my own applications.

Interesting fact: this device supports folders!

Reading experience
I made a couple WOLF format ebooks while I was waiting. I can't get them to work. But I really don't care; this device has excellent PDF support. It is hands down the best handheld PDF viewer I have seen so far. If you only want to read PDFs, then you should consider this device. I've tried a couple PDF tech manuals. This is it. This is the Holy Grail of PDF readers.

The standard zoom setting is text width. This is very readable. But it also can zoom anywhere from 50% to 6400%. Also, you can zoom in on a 3 by 3 grid, or a 2 by 2 grid.

Connectivity
It's recognized as a USB drive. No problems there. I can see both the SD card and the internal storage (about 56MB). I can see some interesting files on the device; deviceID.log, PDF.log, signature.log. I can also see two Windows executables called Client and ClientUpdate. They run on my Windows XP laptop. Don't know what they do yet.

Music
Yes, it can play background music. The MP3 player looks a little ugly, but it sounds okay. The volume can get quite loud. The only things it's missing as an MP3 player is fast forward and remembering your place. I don't use an MP3 player, but i think this one has all the features.

Downsides
There is no on-screen battery or clock. It's not even an option. I'm really surprised by this.

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I moved your post over so I could answer it. That thread hasn't been touched in nearly a year.

The standard view for PDFs is to zoom fit for the width of the text. At this setting, I can see about 2/3 of the PDF page, assuming the page is 8.5" by 11". You can flip between the top 2/3 and the bottom 2/3 of the page. It will hold this setting for the entire PDF. If you set the zoom to another level, it will hold that setting for the entire PDF.

It also has a landscape view. It behaves exactly the same in landscape. Only difference is that the text size is larger, and I can only see about a third of a page.

But there is a small problem with the default zoom. There is a scroll bar on the right; it cuts off part of the last character on each line.

I'm not a very good photographer, but here are some side by side shots

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Almost, because the Kindle has a built in margin on all sides of the screen. But 2 pixel is actually my ideal.

As for the screen, it's about 4 times faster than Vizplex screen, and there is a much greater difference between the text and the background. If this device could read a common format such as Mobipocket, it would be worth considering as an ebook reader.

I  just noticed this. Unlike regular LCD screens, I can rotate this one almost 90 degrees and still see the screen. Nice.

I meant the device hardware. The screen of the Kindle has 1.5cm of plastic to the left, nearly 3cm to the right, and about 8mm above.

My total cost was $290. But a good part of that is Ebay, Paypal, and currency conversion fees. If someone imported this device as a reseller, it would probably go for around $250 including shipping.

I think this LCD screen is as good as Eink.

Usually this would be a little early to report on the battery life, but in this case it doesn't matter. I keep getting a low battery warning. It starts just a few minutes after I unplug the reader. Also, the battery gauge usually shows 2/3 charge. As a result, I don't have a valid way to judge the battery life.

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