It is going to be a long wootoff! Probably 3000 of these and selling one every 5 minutes or so. Hope there are only 3...

kreegah wrote:It must be good. It's on YouTube.

nice house, which floor is yours?

Have to agree with most people. You could get a brand new Kindle for $40 more, so who in their right mind would buy this refurbished thing for this price?

Congratulations on getting Robin William's arm to model the Digital eReader!

The model is actually Eva Longoria. It's a little-known fact that she has "man hands".

Video Review:



I tried to find a video of one being destroyed, as it seemed more fitting, but didn't have any luck.

I have to object to the bit about royalties in the write-up. I don't know what other authors' contracts are like, but I get a 50% royalty from ebook sales, compared to 15% for physical books. Different calculations of publisher's gross income also help tilt the scale in favor of ebooks, from my perspective. I'm not denying they're overpriced, but at least some of that is going to the authors.

It is dreadful. I own one which I purchased on Black Friday last year. If you only plan to use it to read books, and nothing else, it will work just fine for you. However, if you wish to use the internet or any other features, they are next to impossible to navigate using the itty bitty joystick. (No touch screen here.)

The Text-to-Sound feature is both creepy and annoying, to be blunt. It is a very automated-sounding voice, and it reads extremely quickly, with no inflection. I can't imagine listening to a book this way - I couldn't get through a paragraph!

I have no tried using it as an MP3/MP4 player or for pictures, so I can't attest to those features.

To sum up, I bought it, used it to read one book, and promptly bought a different eReader. It's been sitting on my shelf ever since.

xtalviper wrote:...That's not a youtube link...

CURSED BUFFER!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHLR0T74yrc

lisamarie007 wrote:nice house, which floor is yours?

hyuk hyuk hyuk... sweet.

w00tgurl wrote:i've got a couple disembodied hands in my trunk. didn't know there was such a market for it.
hmmmm....

Hit me up on craigs list... I'll take both!!!

kreegah wrote:CURSED BUFFER!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHLR0T74yrc

Well, more accurately, cursed tab...

Woody1150 wrote:Dang... and it's such a nice looking disembodied hand. That would have been a done deal if it came it the reader.

Agreed.

I purchased one of these several months ago...right out the box it had issues. HArd to connect to Wifi, extremely slow web browser almost like dial-up, and I purchased mine for 49.99 with 5.00 shipping! I wouldnt pay a penny more for it as there are beeter e-readers out there for less or around the same cost. Oh, and dont forget the language in the system properties is all broken english and the company does not provide support for it anymore. I think they went out of business

mitchsamuels wrote:
It's actually a great little eReader. Definitely the best Augen product I have seen

Just to clarify; how many have you seen?

Woody1150 wrote:Have to agree with most people. You could get a brand new Kindle for $40 more, so who in their right mind would buy this refurbished thing for this price?

Don't you mean who with their right hand would buy this refurbished thing? ;-)

A bid thee well fellow wooters. I'm heading home and as it looks, this will still be up upon my arrival.

lisamarie007 wrote:nice house, which floor is yours?

yea can we come over for book club?

Anyone looking to get one of these should note that the company doesn't exist any more. also, augen.com and augenus.com no longer have company websites, so if you get this, you're basically hosed if something bad happens with it.

lisamarie007 wrote:nice house, which floor is yours?

Haha...Not even my state. That was my random google street view exploration of the area of a future road trip.

Pretty horrendous reviews around the net:

http://reviews.cnet.com/e-book-readers/augen-7-inch-ereader/4505-3508_7-34139829.html

http://www.kmart.com/shc/s/p_10151_10104_018W023566390001P

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Augen-The-Book-7-E-Book-Reader/14944813

and "Country of origin: Imported" so you KNOW its good

Ooooo, a woot off! I hope I haven't missed anything good, like a Heeldini Foot Scrubber with Imported Volcanic Pumice.

theugly709 wrote:Didn't Augen kinda disappear/go out of business?

Yes months ago

dibs on the hand!

First I was like, "woah what a crappy tablet," but then I realized it came with one discontinued and often sought after Mini Disc!

Then I did some in depth research by looking at the pictures. Typing "Enhance" in my browser window revealed that alas, it was merely a small CD...

Forget you "The Book by Augen" I will not be tempted by you and your handy friend.

So much space is wasted by the keyboard ... but it's definitely cheaper than putting in a touchscreen with virtual keyboard.

I own one and it is a piece of S*^T! I only paid 49.99 for a refurb one horrible and no support at all for it!

this would be a great addition to the Bindle of Carrots

Well at least it comes with 150 books pre-loaded right?

Er, anyway, it is indeed a shame that the hand is not included. Totally wanted chest hands!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIwEirlMhuI

If only I had had one of these Augen eReaders!!

Okay dangit... I LOOOOOOOVE PONIES is up with my pic code??

BuffBillsFan wrote:Glad it does not come with the hand. It would take too much Nair to clean up nicely (and then what would I use on my back?).

Not if you purchased the previously offered pumice stone!

dribbles wrote:Yes months ago

dibs on the hand!

Dang. I was hoping to get the hand by distracting people about the company status.

Heck with this ... I finished converting a small chest freezer into a kegerator this weekend ... everyone over to my house until this thing blows over!

nice paper weight

Or, if you want the same quality {ha!} but with a cheaper price, for $15 on eBay you can pick up a Literati.

I've got one [Literati] and don't hate it, but wouldn't spend more than $15 for anything like it.

donotwant

I don't think you guys get it. This is REFURBISHED, so now it might actually work!

It's pretty feature-packed and seems nice. I think that's the good news. The bad news is that there is no way to upgrade this with it being a dead product. Too bad.

Yeah, Augen is totally dead. Their website 404s.

More here: http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2011/07/06/rip-augen-2009-2011-e-reader-tablet-maker/

That disembodied hand would come in handy right about now. My F5 finger is exhausted.

ggrote wrote:Heck with this ... I finished converting a small chest freezer into a kegerator this weekend ... everyone over to my house until this thing blows over!

Is your house that link that was post just before??? If so OMW!