Bookeen Cybook Opus

The Bookeen Cybook Opus has pretty much everything you need to read a lot of books, in a very small and lightweight package. But you won't find extras such as a music player, the ability to create notes, or text-to-speech support . And though the Sony...

Compact, skinny and light – except in the price department

With no really fancy features, and a small and pocket-friendly design, the Cybook Opus is one of the best ereaders we have seen.

Small size and expandable storage

Pricey for what it delivers

Another solid e-reader option, and nicely compact too – but it seems a touch overpriced

Extremely light, intuitively designed, ePub support ensures plenty of content, lots of font sizes

A bit pricey, lacks extras such as dictionary and annotation

Although a little expensive, the Cybook Opus is a great, highly portable eBook reader for anyone who doesn't care about frills.

Extremely lightweight, intuitively designed ; ePub support ensures plenty of content ; Lots of font sizes

A bit pricey ; Lacks extras such as dictionary and annotation

Although a little expensive, the Cybook Opus is a great, highly portable e-book reader for anyone who doesn't care about frills.

Fast boot-up and loading times ; Super lightweight ; Easily fits into a bag or large pocket ; microSD ; Comes with protective slipcase ; Go To page function ; Bookmarking

Screen quality poor ; Sort functions have a learning curve ; No PDF reflow ; No dictionary ; Navigation fiddly ; Plastic chassis and buttons prone to unattractive scratching

The Cybook Opus is available in Australia from eReadersRus.

Sleek and snappy-performing e-reader; light weight makes for easy one-handed operation

No music player or dictionary; pricey; no Wi-Fi; must hook up to PC to get content; no integrated bookstore

Like the previous version, the revised Bookeen Cybook Opus lacks some of the frills you get from less-expensive e-readers. It has no support for wireless content downloads, and no built-in music player. And although the Opus ships with a ...

EPub support ensures plenty of content ; Extremely lightweight ; Intuitively designed ; Lots of font sizes

Lacks extras such as dictionary and annotation

The navigational wheel and the select button it surrounds guide you through context-sensitive menus that pop up when you press a button to the right of the wheel (a Back button sits to the left of the wheel). The menus have a fairly simple design; you...