title: Pocket e-Reader
date: Sat Jun 27 2026

# Pocket e-Reader

Got an XTEINK X4 e-reader this week.
It's a tiny little reader about the size
of a small Nokia from back in the day.
It fits in your pocket and feels like
carrying a phone--so leave the phone at
home and just take this.

Uploading files is real easy--connect it
to your home wi-fi and you can log into
a little portal to do it.  I was just
looking at how it works and found it so
easy I was downloading books from
standardebooks.org on the fly and
uploading them from my phone.

I spent yesterday reading Continental Op
stories on it.  The only downside I
found is that it's not a touchscreen,
you have to hit a button to move the
page on, and because the screen is small
you are doing this often and it kind of
cramps your hand.  It does have a
feature to automatically move the page
on after a certain time, but I don't
think I could live with that.

All in, for 50 quid, would recommend.