6/10/2023 0 Comments Icarus review![]() There is full multitasking support for your audio experience, which I always like.īattery life will give you around 10 hours of constant use with the 1,600 mAh Lithium Ion battery. You can listen to music or audiobooks while you perform other tasks. On the back is a single speaker that actually sounds very good. On the bottom of the device is a 3.5mm headphone jack, LED indicator, Mini USB, and SD card slot. Many menus are accessed by clicking on the home button and a double click will bring you back to your main menu. On the left hand side is your Home, Back, and 2 manual page turn keys. ![]() ![]() If you choose not to interact with your e-reader via the stylus, you can use most features with the manual controls. On the front of the Excel is a little joystick on the right hand side, where page turn keys would normally be located. There are not many options to customize your online experience, but you can download ebooks directly to your unit. You have Wikipedia and Google bookmarked by default and surfing the internet is fairly quick. Once you click on the web-browser you will be prompted to select your connection and enter the corresponding password. This is one of the few 9.7 inch e-readers with full wireless internet access. Menus and touchscreen interactions often loaded very quickly and only saw slight stuttering on 100 MB PDF files. During our extensive tests we did not see the screen lag associated with other large screen e-readers. This hardware is similar to other devices on the market, such as the Pocketbook 912. Storage gives you 4 GB to play around with and can be expanded up to 32 GB via the SD Card. Underneath the hood lurks a solid 800 MHZ Freescale CPU processor and it has 256 MB of Ram. It has a full touchscreen display, but only responds to the accompanied stylus. The Icarus Excel features a 9.7 e-ink Pearl display with a resolution of 1280×825 pixels and 167 DPI. How does this rank up against the Kindle DX, Pocketbook 912, or others? It is a giant 9.7 inch e-ink touchscreen reader with the best PDF experience we have ever witnessed on an e-reader. Icarus is quietly building up a portfolio of very solid e-ink based devices and the Excel is currently the flagship model.
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