RCA eBook Reader (REB1200)
- price: $249.99
SKU: REB1200
Sales Rank: 81590
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Product Description
eBook 1200 is simple. The large screen color display is easy to use. There is no need for a PC when you use its built in modem. It's flexible. Use the touch screen to access your latest selection on your eBook or your personal bookshelf. It adapts to you. Change the font size, adjust the back light or use the stylus to write some notes that you can erase at a later date. Loads of eBook titles are available. Choose Gemstar eBook titles from authors like Stephen King or Patricia Cornwell or select a magazine or newspaper issue like the New York Times.
Product Specification
- Binding:
- Electronics
- Brand:
- RCA
- EAN:
- 0034909091548
- Feature:
- eBook digital reader with expansion slot
8 MB standard memory, expandable to 128MB
56 Kbps modem included
Color LCD display
Rechargable Li-Ion battery; includes stylus, power adapter, phone cord, and more - Label:
- RCA
- Manufacturer:
- RCA
- Model:
- REB1200
- ModemDescription:
- Modem (analog)
- ProductGroup:
- CE
- Publisher:
- RCA
- Studio:
- RCA
- Title:
- RCA eBook Reader (REB1200)
- UPC:
- 034909091548
- MPN:
- REB1200
Customer Reviews
"No longer in production" doesn't mean "not useful"
First, let's address the issue of content for the REB 1200. Some reviewers mark down the reader because of a perceived lack of content. To my mind, this is akin to saying that a computer is useless because you can't find a specific software package for it. Rate the device on its own points; discuss the content issue separately.Although it's true that GemStar/RCA stopped making this ebook reader, and it's also true that you can't buy major market content for it from GemStar, Amazon, B&N, or Powell...
5/11/2006 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews
Company may be Obsolete, but..
The company may be obsolete but if you can buy this used, I suggest you do. Ebooks are not hard to find if you know your way around the internet. Or if you are familiar with mIRC. Just because the company doesnt make them anymore doesnt mean they wont work. Just get a copy of rocket librarian and you are all set. It really is worth it....
4/7/2004 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews
This product is obsolete
Don't buy it.Gemstar went out of business and material cannot be purchased....
11/10/2003 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews
Great!, but.....
Saw it in Staples and bought it for $100.It seemed to be the answer to my dreams, a portable thing to read text on.It feels great, works fine, lasts a long while on a charge, is just good execution of an idea.But what is needed, the ONLY thing that is needed, is a utility to convert .txt, .doc, and .pdf files into a form that this RCA1200 can read.Otherwise this is just the best thing simce sex, for congenital readers like me.Hack away, freaks, building the utility I spoke of will surely grant you...
10/25/2003 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews
extinct device
I own the REB 1200. The Gemstar ebook sites are no longer operating and it seems one can no longer buy content for the device. Shouldn't Amazon consider providing the disclaimer regarding the device's functional obsolescence?...
9/20/2003 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews