I think you are being too cynical - at least for now. Since the iLiad is still a pre-release right now, many problems are still being smoothed out.
Right now, I am judging my unit based on what iRex says works and not on what they say doesn't work yet.
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But then, problems began to arise. (Don't they always?) Issues with the software made me to decide to wait until the "official" consumer release.
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Yet, it's still the best eBook reader I've got. I currently use it to read the content that I used to read on my Palm. I have found that I can read much longer on the iLiad than on my Palm TX.
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Now it's out, the battery life is nowhere near the original quoted times, it's pretty slow, and the rendering technology seems not to be complete.  Well, I suppose that's to be expected, since it's not the official consumer release. |
So it's too early to judge battery life. But all indications are that the battery life will be long. Right now, I get about 5 hours on a charge - that's on time with many page turns.
The slowness is something that you will have to get used to. Partly it's from the slowness of the device and partly from how eInk works. It's never going to be really fast - unless you want to accept a much lower battery life and that will only buy you fast document opening. The eInk will always be slow.
Yes, the rendering technology is not all there yet, but then they didn't promise that it ready anyway. Again, too early to tell, but what I see right now certainly points toward iRex keeping its promises.
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But now, I'm hearing things I don't like. The remote kill thing discussed
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I was a bit upset about that and I spoke to them abouty it. I can see why some people would want this, but there are too many potential pitfalls for this. I can't see them implementing this in a consumer model. Maybe in a special order model for a vendor, but that's it.
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It makes me think iRex might be headed down the wrong path.
Am I being too cynical? What do you guys think?
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Bottom line is "Time will tell".
I like what I see now. Whether or not I like what I see tomorrow is another story. Until iRex sends me a message along the lines of "The software is now production and all the features are working", I am going to hold off judging the iLiad too harshly.