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LookBook Wireless Reader ?

15 years ago

Does anyone have one of these? CVS has them on sale for $49.99 reg $139.

Are they only for books or can you do other things with them?

Here is a link that might be useful: look book

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camp56
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
If you google it you will find a lot of reviews. None of them good.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
this is one of my fave review sites for ereaders and tablets
Review: Shift3 Lookbook

It looks almost exactly like the Literati by Sharper Image and it appears it is by the same company.

For $49 it would probably be worth a try. I would not pay much more than that for it, have seen the Literati for around that price lately too. See lots of complaints in the user reviews. Try it and if it does not work return.

It has no browser so not able to surf it is just basically an ereader does have the back lit screen like a monitor so can be read in the dark with no lights on but not well in bright sunshine.
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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Ok this thing had me intrigued so I ran down the street to CVS and picked one up, for the price I could not resist. Now I have only had it a little while but I do like it. It is quite basic and is only an ereader but it is very easy to use, as soon as it found my wifi which was very fast and I entered my network password it was connected and told me there was an immediate critical update for it, it downloaded it quickly I did a restart and it was back up and working right back to the book I had opened. It comes with 25 classics pre loaded. It has a direct wifi store link to the kobo book store which I have not tried, you do have to set up an account with kobo to use that. It does have an sd card slot and a usb cable along with the charger and a very nice case is included which is amazing for the price. It was fully charged out of the box. It is NOT a touch screen which is hard for me to adjust to since my PDN is a touch screen. It is very responsive and fast to open load and change pages. I have not seen an option for changing the display to a black screen with white text for night reading which I really love on my PDN. But it does have a lot of font size options, only 2 types of font Serif and Sans Serif.
It is very nice looking too, is a stainless color body with black keyboard and screen edge.

For the price I say definitely worth a try for a basic ereader.
I had earned some points on my CVS so got an extra $10 off so got it for $39. Can not beat that price.

After I play with it some I will report back on any problems.
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Original Author
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Thanks ravencajun ! I know nothing about these things. Just let us know the results.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
this is a very short time period to buy at this price of $49 April 17-23, and not all of the CVS stores had them in yet. Online at CVS it is $79.
So anyone that thinks they are interested better jump on it.
Can always return if not happy.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
After it did the updates, I connected the wifi again and clicked on shop which took me to the kobobooks site, I entered my account info, I had an existing account, and it found all my books which I had previously got from the kobo site and synced the device with my account and voila all my books are now on the new lookbook.
It does have night read feature, black screen with white text, which I love. And has several levels of the brightness of the light.
Very easy to read, am getting used to using button to change pages rather than touchscreen, in that respect it is very similar to Kindle.

I do believe I will have to chase down another one for my husband. I was going to give this one to him but I am enjoying the new toy. Will be interesting to see how long the battery life is. This unit does have color so the books are in color for the covers and pictures which is nice.

I have not seen a negative yet.
bengardening
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
I had my sister check in the CVS in Bismarck and they were already out and no rain checks. Do I guess I wasnt supposed to have one.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
they should give rainchecks the CVS here told me to call tomorrow they had just got a truck in and had not unloaded it if there were none on it come in and he would gladly give me a raincheck for it, that apparently is policy.
chisue
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
So ignorant, sorry. Is this for books only? Newspapers? Magazines?
mare_wbpa
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Raven, now you can do the update on the PDN.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
it also does Newspapers and Magazines you can subscribe to through kobobooks. It also does PDF and it has a tab that says Docs, have not tried those yet and I have not subscribed to any of the magazines.
It's format is epub and PDF, well here is the info on it
# Key Features & Benefits: 7 inch LCD Full Color Screen Display(800x480 resolution) Wireless
# 512MB Internal Memory(350 books but unlimited capacity with Library In The Clouds)
# Expandable SD card slot(up to 8GB)
# Full keyboard for easy navigation
# Automatically syncs with other devices(ie. Laptop, iPhone, Blackberry)
# For technical support or customer service questions about the LookBook, log on to www.mscustomercare.com/lookbook or call 1-866-204-4714
# Books from www.kobobooks.com .
# 90% of NY Times best seller list available
# Comes fully loaded with 150 Free eBooks(a $750 value) Over 2 million e-books available(over 1.8MM free e-books available)
# All major newspapers and magazines available Includes free carry case

Shift 3 Lookbook Wireless Reader (E-Book) Features & Specifications :

* 7-inch Vivid, full-color LCD display screen.
* Connect over Wi-Fi to the built-in Kobo bookstore, boasting over 2 million titles.
* User friendly controls and searches.
* Broad support of industry standard e-book formats, such as ePub, PDF, TXT, and others.
* Customize your wireless reader experience with an array of bookshelf designs, typefaces, and font sizes.
* Adjustable brightness and optional night mode allows reading in any environment.
* Easily flip through pages with the navigation buttons located on both sides of the wireless reader.
* Built-in rechargeable battery for up to 6 hours of continuous reading.
* Bookmarking feature holds your place electronically.
* Memorize you to pick up your lookbook, smartphone or your computer.
* Included bonus designer case and 150 free digital books included.
* 512MB storage capacity, expandable up to 8GB with memory card.
* Includes Lookbook, AC adapter, USB cable, and designer case.
* Dimensions of 9 x 5 x 0.5 in size.
Shift 3 Lookbook Wireless Reader (E-Book) Features, Specs & Price Review!!

I had to go buy another one for my husband, he picked mine up last night and in no time at all he had it figured out and was able to use it and loved it so now he has one too. We can now buy one book from our fave authors and both read it at our leisure and not have to hurry so the other can have it. I downloaded about 30 free books last night from kobobooks under the free list.
We both love Harlan Coben and were waiting for his new book which just came out in March, it is only $12.99 so basically we get each a copy for that price.

So you can connect it to your pc by usb cable and move stuff on to it that way also or use the sd card slot and have an sd card to move stuff to it. The fact they have done some really nice updates on it is nice it means they are at least still working to make it better. The early reviews of it were not so good but since these major improvements they have addressed all the bugs I had seen mentioned plus of course the price point!

It is a totally different device than my PDN since the PDN is actually an android tablet that does surfing and so much more. The lookbook is your basic color ereader with wifi.
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Original Author
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
I want to know all it does too.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
here is the link to the manual you can read exactly how to use it and what it does.
Download User Guide
kacram
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
this really interested me, but, alas, we don't have a CVS up here.
kacram
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
so, Raven, my dear! Do you still like it? I wish I could find it. I didn't do an internet search though. think I will do that now. It might be a good thing for my 5 days in the hospital.
kacram
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
darn... did online search, not on sale anywhere. I think I would like color, this sounded good, the price especially, it's a little out of my price right now anyways.
kacram
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
sorry people. Back to the top to see if Ravencajun
and hubby still like this!
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
yes we are both enjoying them, it is a good additional reader for me and is my husbands first. It is so light weight compared to my PDN it is very easy to hold.
I have added some books on the SD card also.
For $49 for us it was a worthwhile purchase.
I do not know if they will re-run that sale price or not, I told a friend about it and he found a CVS with several he bought all of them to give as Christmas gifts.
kacram
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
We don't have a cvs here, but I was checking rite aid, and wallgreens! lol Hoping that they might be affiliated or something. can't do it at full price right now, that $49 sure sounds good, darn! lol thank you for answering! If I see anything similar, I won't hesitate to give it a try! thanks!
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
15 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
yep the price point was what made it worth giving it a try for me. Not that I really needed another toy LOL but I am weird like that I love technology and new toys.
userdeede41_netscape_net
14 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
CVS is running the LookBook for 49.00 this week (in VA) -- I assume it is nationwide.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
14 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
ohh that is good to know we have really been enjoying ours and I wanted to pick up a few more as gifts at that kind of price. My husband is now addicted to his LOL
I will go check the website and view the local flier on it.

thanks so much!
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
14 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
well darn it is not listed in the flier for my zipcode for this week or next week.

there is a sylvania netbook listed for next week though for $99.99, I know nothing about that brand but I do enjoy my acer netbook, but this one is a 7" that is pretty small.

I will keep on the look out for more lookbooks!

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