We first announced the existence of the new Jetbook Mini back in July and displayed some leaked pictures. Today Ectaco announced that they were offering their new Jetbook Mini E-Reader for $99 via their website.
The Jetbook mini has a 5 inch TFT screen and it runs on batteries! You will need 4 AAA batteries and will provide about 90 hours of constant use. They are billing this little e-reader as “The Lightest E-Reader to Date” at around 5.8 ounces. If you want to increase the amount of onboard memory you can upgrade to a max of 2 GB SD Card. As for ebook formats they claim support for LIT, MOBI, EPUB, HTML, PRC, RTF, PDB, PDF via Calibre conversion to TXT and FB2.
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
