The jetBook Mini is a capable, but inexpensive eBook Reader. Its 5" TFT screen allows you to read ebooks for up to 90 hours without charging the batteries. Its small size means ultra portability, and it's easy to use. Weighs only 5.8 ounces.
Why Buy
90 hours continuous reading time, on a single charge.
When price-comparing to the Kindle, don't forget that the Kindle's $19.95 monthly fee adds up to $239.40 a year. This is a cost you do not have in the jetBook, jetBookLITE, or jetBookMINI, which read more file formats than competing products such as the Kindle.
Mini is?
The jetBook mini is the most affordable, lightest, and versatile e book reader ever made. Tweaking energy consumption to its absolute minimum, the jetBook mini now runs on 4 AAA batteries (Energizer batteries included) and lasts up to 90 hours of continuous reading and 2 years in standby mode! It boasts the signature 5" TFT screen but weighs only 5.8 ounces, making it the lightest eReader ever.
New features include all-way reading angles for righties and lefties, multi-language interface options, line spacing, built-in clock, adjustable font sizes, and line breaks. As the most affordable e book reader in the world, it makes as a perfect gift for you and your loved ones!
Features
First and only eReader in the world to run on 4 AAA batteries (Energizer batteries included). Up to 90 hours of reading time. Two years of standby time.
All-way reading rotation for righties and lefties.
5" TFT screen.
Smaller size for ultra portability.
Adjustable font sizes.
Recent readings folder, bookmarks, and page search.
Text alignment, spacing, breaking, and encoding options.
Clock and date functions.
Support for LIT, MOBI, EPUB, HTML, PRC, RTF, PDB, PDF via Calibre conversion to TXT and FB2.
Games: Brick Game and Sodoku.
Clock with adjustable date format and time format.
Auto power off (adjustable).
Page alignment, line spacing, and line break settings.
SD Card expandability up to 2 GB.
Multi-Language interface support for English, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Spanish, Polish, and Russian.
Storage
The Ectaco jetBook Mini is a portable pocket library that can store thousands of books in the world's major languages and in common file formats (unlike some competing products). It can store music and pictures, too. And It weighs only 5.8 ounces.
To help you get started, jetBook Lite comes pre-loaded with the CIA World Factbook to make every trip you take more informative and enjoyable. The CIA World Factbook is one of the best geographic resources in the world. It includes comprehensive geographic, economic and political information for over 270 countries.
jetBook Lite incorporates SD Card expandability (SD cards of up to 2 GB and SDHC cards of 4 to 16 GB in size, cards available separately) in addition to the built-in 100 MB flash memory so that you can easily store not only a complete library but your favorite music files and pictures too. With its USB mass storage capability, simply connect the jetBook Lite to your PC with a USB cable and add new content or backup what you already have on the device instantly.
Thousands of e-books are available online for free (but you can't read them on the competing product, the Amazon Kindle). And even if you do decide to buy some titles, they are likely to cost less than the same books on paper.
At 4.5 x 0.75 x 4.9 in, it's the size of a typical paperback but thinner. At this size, it's also less bulky than the Amazon Kindle or Franklin eBook.
Weighs only 5.8 oz!
Value pack
Slim case
Yes
1 year warranty
Yes
File Formats
The jetBook Mini allows you to read files in these popular formats: ePub, Mobi, PRC, RTF, .txt, .pdf, .fb2.
Support of DRM format through Barnes & Noble.
More e-books and reference documents are in the PDF format than in all of the Amazon Kindle's formats combined.
The Amazon Kindle doesn't read PDFs, meaning you can't use it to read the vast majority of the free stuff that's out there.
Language support
You can also benefit from the pre-loaded English <-> Russian, English <-> Polish, and English explanatory dictionaries that allow you to select any word for translation. The jetBook also provides support for e-book contents in a long list of languages, including the following:
Albanian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Serbian
Slovak
Spanish
Swedish
Ukrainian
Compared
When price-comparing, don't forget that there's no subscription fee with the jetBook.
See how the jetBook Mini stacks up against the competition:
Feature
jetBookMini
Sony eBook
Amazon Kindle
Accessories
Car adapter.
External speaker.
Light (night reading).
Safety strap.
Silicone sleeve.
Travel kit with power plugs for different countries.
USB cable (included).
Leather case.
SD cards (1GB/2GB) w/ libraries.
Light (night reading).
Power adapter.
Light (night reading).
Power adapter.
Autopage turning
8 different convenient settings for automatic page turning with Off function.
None.
None.
Battery life
11,500 pages turned on a single charge.
7,500 pages turned on a single charge.
7,500 pages turned on a single charge.
Bookmarks
Unlimited number of bookmarks for further reference. Page resume function for easy access of last read page, "Jump to page #" function and "Word search" function.
No "Jump to page #" function. No "Word search" function.
"Jump to page #" only. No word search in a book.
Charging options
Replace the AA batteries.
4 hours from supplied power adapter. Does not charge from PC.
4 hours from supplied power adapter. Does not charge from PC.
Find in text function
Language sensitive regular and T9 search plus numeric search.
None.
English, only.
2 built in fonts (Arial and Verdana) in 6 available sizes from small 12 pt to huge 32 pt, page justification or left side alignment.
1 font in 3 sizes, no page justification.
1 font in 3 sizes, no page justification.
1 font in 6 sizes, no page justification.
Formats supported
ePub
Mobi
PRC
RTF
txt
pdf
fb2
BBeB (Sony format),
pdf
txt
AA
AZW (Kindle format)
mobi
mp3
prc
txt
Interface
Large interface buttons in English, Russian or Polish. All messages, function support, and built-in manuals available in English, Polish and Russian.
English interface only.
English interface only.
Language learning tool
Yes
No
No
Language support
Supports and auto detects English, Russian, Polish, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Portuguese, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Swedish, Finnish Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Serbian, Albanian, Croatian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and other European languages
Supports English only. Other languages possible support only after hacking the OS. Once OS is hacked, warranty is void.
English only. No support for other languages.
Memory, external
Up to 2G SD card holds about 10,000 books and pictures.
Expensive Memory Stick or miniSD (adaptor (sold separately) required).
Up to 4GB SD card.
Memory, internal
128M with 112M available for up to 1,000 books.
Only 160 titles fit internal memory.
180M available for 200 books.
Page turn
Immediate page turn (screen update) without any flash or artifacts.
1-1.5 sec page turning time ( screen update) through black and white "splash" on the screen. After 40-50 pages of reading, eyes get tired due to this effect. Number of artifacts from the previous page left on the next page, causing "dirty" marks.
1-1.5 sec page turning time ( screen update) through black and white "splash" on the screen. After 40-50 pages of reading, eyes get tired due to this effect. Number of artifacts from the previous page left on the next page, causing "dirty" marks.
Page turning keys
3 sets of keys for various settings.
3 sets of keys for various settings.
2 sets of keys. Keys are bulky and often get pressed accidentally.
Screen rotation
Yes. 90 degree.
Yes. 90 degree.
None.
Titles
Unlimited. 30 popular Websites hold at least 500,000 FREE access books.
70,000 from Sony site. Mostly paid titles from $1 to $30 per download.
110,000 books at Amazon store. Cost from $1 to $30 per download.
We have single-unit pricing for quantities up to 10. At the 10-pack pricing, the savings are significant.
If you're buying a 10-pack and want, say, 16 units, then you can use the dropdown menu to select the number of additional single units.
But what if you want to order more than 19 units? To do that, first enter (type in) the number of 10s you will order then above that select (from the dropdown menu) the number of singles you will order. So, for 47 units you would change the qty of 10-packs to 4 and then select 7 additional units from the dropdown menu.
We want to offer these to schools, churches, and other organizations that place bulk orders.
We want to offer these at the lowest possible price. You're looking at it!
POs
Many of our customers need to use Purchase Orders. We are happy to have such customers.
To purchase using a PO number:
Proceed through checkout, as if using a credit card.
For Bill To, enter the e-mail address of your Accounts Payable Department (or someone in it).
At the payment method dropdown, select "Purchase Order" and proceed through checkout.
Vendor Information
If you need a physical address for us so you can create your Purchase Order:
Mindconnection, LLC
4806 Wedd St
Merriam, KS 66203-5414
Note: As an Earth-friendly company, we don't do faxes. We don't need to see your PO, so don't worry about sending it.
Terms. Our terms are Net 0, with the discount provided in the regular price. Your invoice is delivered immediately when you place your order, so just process it for payment and you're all set. If you need more time, the rates below apply