Imagin IMEB-5 colour e-book reader

Brought to book

An anti-glare coating may not give the IMEB-5 the ability to cope with bright sunlight that E Ink has, but it'll make a better stab than your average glossy screen. Size-wise, too, its 150 x 100 x 10mm - gently tapering to 5mm at the edges - is comfortable in the hand in a way that bigger, heavier - this boy is a mere XXg couple of hundred grams - tablets aren't.

Won't win any design awards

No touchscreen means you're stuck with buttons, but here they are themselves touch-sensitive, requiring only a gentle tap to trigger. Thoughtfully, there are page turn keys on both sides of the screen, catering for the sinistral as well as the right-handed.

There's a navpad too, and though its lack of a central action key initially confuses, you soon get used to tapping the button next to it - and the Back button next to that.

Yes, the UI is a little old-fashioned...

...and it's crying out for a touchscreen