【Feedback】 My Take on eSlick

[MaximB]

Ok, today my eSlick has arrived and I got some very first impression feedback...

The first thing I did was to connect eslick to a Windows PC at work and update the firmware.
The update was long and painful.
Only after 8 resets and 7 restarts it was finally updated.
It was worse then updating windows, every stage needs a reset and a restart - and the reset button could only be clicked via some thin screwdriver or a pen.
I've run the update tool again (just for the QA) , and it didn't even bother to check that I already have the latest firmware version and installed it all over again - all 8 steps !

After the update I've copied some files to eslick,
I've made a Music folder on the SD card for my MP3's and copied some albums but one mp3 file stuck the process and eslick disconnected.
I've tried to play the MP3's but eslick says that it cannot find any ....

Why can't it look inside folders and search for MP3's ? why should I copy 100 mp3 files without folders ? it would be a mess !

So I've tried to read some pdf's ... some pdf's where corrupted due to copy errors, so I've tried to delete them - but eslick says that those files are corrupted and cannot be deleted !
After a few resets and tries I've managed to delete all files.

Sometimes the eSlick just stuck and not responsive and all I could to is press reset and on again, it wouldn't be a big issue if the reset button wouldn't require me to have a screwdriver at hand all the time.

I've copied the pdf's again to see how it feels reading them...
If the files are 1-2mb it's fine and fast.
But if the file is 7mb then moving from page to page takes about 10-15 seconds which is a LOT, I cannot imagine how much time would it take for a 30-40mb file...

In the "preference" menu I can only see the "Auto Landscape" option, I presume that on the next firmware versions there will be more options added.

Well, those where the first 2 hours with eSlick...
I hope the reading would be better.

[xplorar]

This is indeed very disappointing. I have decided to postpone my purchase till this improves significantly.

[MaximB]

Originally Posted by xplorar

This is indeed very disappointing. I have decided to postpone my purchase till this improves significantly.

Well, when it gets to the reading part - eSlick is actually very good.
Not to vain Foxit has released many PDF readers/editors/creators products.

Moreover, I am positive about the upcoming firmware.

[zinoff]

I agree somewhat.

There are things to be perfected or fixed. But when it gets to actually reading a book the eslick works fine, and it has pretty good contrast compared to some other models.

Considering that this was the cheapest from a respectable brand money could buy at the time I am not that dissatisfied. I have seen more famous manufacturer choke and fail on PDF's that eslick can handle without problem.

(if they'd fix the random hanging I would be quite happy).

For reference work I agree that there are other models out there which are better suited, but for reading a book it works quite well (I read magazines and newspapers too).