BeBook Mini

46 reviews

Nov, 2024

Positive
usability (5)
portability (3)
screen (2)
size (2)
storage (1)

Negative
design (3)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 46 reviews of BeBook Mini. The average rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average rating of 4.3/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Views about the storage and size are overall positive. The screen and portability are also appreciated, but many are negative about the design. There are some mixed comments about the performance.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the BeBook Mini is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 89/100 = Very good quality.

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Expert review by : Niall Magennis (trustedreviews.com)

Endless Ideas BeBook eBook Reader

Can the BeBook take on Sony's eBook reader and win? Niall finds out.

On the plus side the BeBook supports multiple fonts and character sets and these can be changed while you're reading a book in most formats, although not in PDF documents. You can also choose between three different levels of zoom. The zoom works in...

Dec, 2011

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Expert review by : Rohan Pearce (techadvisor.co.uk)

BeBook Mini review

For companies like BeBook, Amazon's hotly anticipated Kindle hitting the UK is a mixed blessing. On one hand, the Amazon Kindle is by far the world's best known eBook reader. On the other, the Kindle has helped raise the profile of eBooks dramatically...

We think there are many things to admire about the BeBook Mini, even though it's an uglier device than the Kindle and has a much clunkier interface. We do appreciate the support for a wide variety of file formats. As it stands, however, if you're...

Nov, 2009

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Expert review by : Mark Hattersley (macworld.co.uk)

BeBook e-reader review

Most of the world's great literature can be read for free online, so why are most e-readers obsessed with selling you books? We take a look at BeBook from Endless Ideas BV, an e-reader designed to display virtually any kind of digital book format.

Reads a wide range of formats, quick to charge, works for 7,500 page turns between charges

Design is old-fashioned, lacks elegance, many book formats didn't format correctly (or work at all)

Having digitised our music collections, photographs and videos we’re left with very little entertainment based on old-fashioned media formats. The printed page is the last format to go digital, but e-readers, such as BeBook, aim to turn the printed...

Nov, 2008

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Expert review by (allaboutyou.com)

Review of BeBook Mini eBook Reader

Good points: good clear screen with useful numbered buttons to jump to menu items or pages. Intuitive nudge control on side for page turns. Drawbacks: Nudge control is uncomfortable on finger. Other buttons small and badly placed.

good clear screen with useful numbered buttons to jump to menu items or pages. Intuitive nudge control on side for page turns. Drawbacks: Nudge control is uncomfortable on finger. Other buttons small and badly placed

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Expert review by : Rohan Pearce (goodgearguide.com.au)