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We downloaded the latest issues of Newsweek and Fortune into the REB1200, but we were disappointed to find no photos or illustrations whatsoever. This just underscored our frustration with the product. We'd love to be able to use its big screen and network connections to browse the Internet, manage our contacts, or compose e-mail, but all it can do is display books; it can't even download other documents you might need for work. The unit's cool Highlighting, Markup, Search, and Bookmarking features could be very useful, but since there's no way to get textbooks or technical manuals onto the device, those features have little actual practicality. We were also surprised to see that it lacked some of the features of the much smaller and cheaper REB1100, including a USB port for connecting to a PC. Also, while the REB1200 has a dictionary, it's more complicated to look up a definition.
It's hard to imagine paying $699 and lugging around a nearly two-pound device just to read a few preselected books. The REB1200's design has potential, but you can't read all of your books, magazines, and documents with it. Until that situation is corrected with greater book selection and wider support for other document formats, we recommend that you stay away from this reader.
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