Franklin Electronic eBookMan EBM-901 Handheld
- Weight: 6.5 oz.
- Installed RAM: 8 MB
- Operating System: Proprietary
- Type: PDA
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Personal information in the palm of your hand
Imagine sitting down at the breakfast, table of a morning with your eggs and a cup of coffee or a glass of juice. You reflect on the beautiful morning (perhaps also on the previous night's revelry) and you reach for the day's news. Sounds pretty normal so far. But imagine now that the day's news... Read full review »
Good idea, miserable product
Read between the lines of the other reviews and you'll realize this is a fatally flawed product. First, it eats batteries at a high rate, and if they run down you have to go back to your PC and reload the OS, apps and books all over again. Heaven forbid you should be out on the road.
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Not the best ebook, not the best PDA. But very nice nonetheless
I just got my ebookman 901 a while ago, and my first reaction was positive. The screen was a nice size, compared to other PDAs, and the construction seemed solid. It was a little frustrating not being able to play with it out of the box, seeing how you first must download the operating system... Read full review »
Bad for my eyes
I picked this up at Costco for $49.95. I've been thinking about whether I would really use a PDA if I had one, and thought this was a low-cost way to find out. As a result, I found the features of this unit useful and intriguing enough that I'm going to shop seriously for a more full-featured PDA... Read full review »
Good for reading; cool toy
I admit I only bought it because Franklin offered a rebate. But now that I have it and am connected to MobiPocket(TM), I'm really glad I did. I can download the daily news and read it without being chained to my PC (my kids hate that). I can download "classic" books (even in HTML, using... Read full review »
As a prototype its not bad
I purchased this to read e-books , not to use as a PDA.The advertising indicated it could hold several books in its memory and it seemed an ideal thing to carry on trips , holidays etc.Sadly the whole concept is ruined by its silly battery life. It has two AAA batteries which don't last long enough... Read full review »
It is good as a basic learning pda (mine was cheap to try)
As the other reviewers have said, it is a good start and the music files need to be converted to it's own MP3 forme. It sets up OK but you must delete all memory on the MMC before you load anything or it just doesn't recognize what you had on before. It takes WAY TOO LONG to set up a memory card... Read full review »
The above 2 respond does...
The above 2 respond does not rated the EBookMan fairly. When changing battery, you need to turn off the power otherwise it will loose all the data ( which is written in the user manual ). The EBM caome with the OS on CD. This is my 1st PDA and I like the Big Screen. Very hard to find part only... Read full review »
Purchased a 901 because at...
Purchased a 901 because at the price ($40 at a discount outlet) it was hard to resist. They weren't selling, even at that price, and the reasons for this aren't hard to discover. The unit has no built-in O/S and its desktop must be downloaded from Franklin (when it works) - they did promise to send... Read full review »
AAA Batteries nowadays are so...
AAA Batteries nowadays are so cheap why worry about batteries. Perfect to hold you over till you decide whether you really need a Pocket Pc or not and it still has a cool factor above "8". Losing memory? not a problem if you change the batteries correctly. Yeah kinda tricky to figure out software... Read full review »
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Franklin EBM-901 eBookman (Metallic Black)
Franklin eBookMan EBM-901 provides you with the best reading experience available in pocket-size electronic format. Use eBookman cartridges, download books and MP3 music and read or listen to them anywhere at anytime. It is also a PDA device - letting you Record your voice and take notes in your own handwriting, make schedules, appointments and to-do lists. The array of programs comes in the package with your eBookman device, others can be purchased or downloaded form the Internet. Install the included dictionaries on your eBookman using the standard installation procedures. With this eBookman you can read, listen to music, organize your activities and easily handle translations with help of the 7 dictionaries included! Language pairs: English<->Dutch, English<- >German, English<- >Italian, English<- >Portuguese, English<- >French, English<- >Swedish, English<- >Spanish. Each of the 7 dictionaries has a word base of 400,000. Display: 16-level grayscale display and high-resolution touch screen with enhanced polarizers; Hardware features: USB port. MultiMediaCard (MMC) slot. Headphone jack. Speaker. Microphone. Backlight; Accessories: Stylus. Removable lid. Cradle with USB connector (serial cradle sold separately); Memory: 8 MB SDRAM. MMC slot for expandable memory; PC system requirements: IBM-compatible 486 PC or higher. 256 color VGA monitor. Mouse or other pointing device. Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, or Windows 2000. 50 MB free disk space. 32 MB RAM (recommended). available serial or standard USB port3. Internet connectivity. Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 (or later) OR Netscape Navigator 4.02 (or later); Desktop software: eBookMan Desktop Manager with Outlook synchronization powered by Intellisync for eBookMan; Core applications: Franklin Viewer. Franklin Reader. Audiobook Player. Music Player. Date Book. Address Book. Voice Memo. Memo Book. ToDo Book. Calculator.
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