eReader...BAD Idea? 11/8/2012

Ok, I'm not one to offend people often so I really hope my mother never finds this blog. She got me a Sharper Image Litertia or something like that for 46 bucks as a gift. I got it today (ordered Monday off EBay) and was totally excited! Wouldn't you be?! Then...I tried to run it. First, its not a touch screen but it has a keypad, button-style movement pad and tough to press buttons. That's only the beginnings of this thing.  It said it came with 150 books by default...THAT was a blatant lie. It came with 25 and one was the United States Constitution. Then I checked the store. Book prices ranged from $0.99 to over $40, which means it might be cheaper to buy the flipping books in the stores. Also, there are books missing covers, descriptions and even repeat entries for books with variable info attached. This was all before I got the throbbing headache.

I got the throbbing headache by trying to put an eBook from online on it. The Divine Comedy. I had a free link to it, had the ePub format and everything. I downloaded Adobe Digital Edition...it doesn't recognize my eReader. I unplug, replug...nothing. I uninstall, reinstal...nothing. I delete EVERYTHING off of my MP3 player SD card and put it in the eReader...nothing. You getting the pattern here? I then procedded to update the firmware (I presume) 5 times, factory reset three and prepared to crack it in half over my knee (my mother stopped me and told me to go to bed. I am hating this damn thing already. Yet...it was a gift so I'm keeping my complaints to a minimum though I have expressed by disgust with it and my dislike of its way of working (or lack thereof). Altogether, I'm seeing this as a waste of my time so far. Sharper Image, GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME. This thing so far, is a piece of crap. If this changes, I'll be sure to say so.