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Charbax · 10-10-2008, 04:02 AM

Is there a USB Host port on it, could it support any standard HSDPA USB dongle? Can it have that kind of standard modem interface driver inside of it? Does the previous iRex Illiad have that compatibility?

One core functionality that I would like from an e-ink reader that has wireless and touch-screen annotations functionality, is to use some kind of web service that lets for example several users collaborate on reading and annotation a specific text. For example, several teachers could collaborate to read and rate a students assignment. Several bloggers could collaborate on writing an article (Bluetooth and USB host should support full sized foldable keyboard, and the device or the case for the device should have a stand to put it on the table while you are typing). All the people reading an e-book, should be able to see everyone elses public annotations throughout the whole book. By a simple show/hide annotations button.

Basically, reading an e-book using a wireless e-reader that can annotate, should create a whole world of debate, discussions, comments, annotations around the whole content of every e-book.

Wireless function should work in collaboration with a browser, either a Firefox plugin or a modified Chrome browser. You should be able to shift click or right click on links and on pages that should "Send to E-reader". So for example, do a whole bunch of browsing on your laptop, find a whole bunch of articles and blog-posts that you want to read by simply clicking on them with shift key or by right clicking on them or some other easy combination of clicks. This whole list of selected texts from the web should automatically be then available wirelessly on the e-reader.

RSS reader, APIs to access Google News, Wikipedia reader, Google Blogsearch API, Techmeme API, all these should take advantage of WiFi and HSDPA on the e-reader. And then using a full sized Bluetooth or USB keyboard to type in comments that are for example posted directly to the blog-post or to type in blog-posts to publish directly to your own blog.

10-10-2008, 04:02 AM	#1
Charbax Addict Posts: 203 Karma: 550683 Join Date: Mar 2007	Does it support a HSDPA USB Dongle? Other wireless features needed. Is there a USB Host port on it, could it support any standard HSDPA USB dongle? Can it have that kind of standard modem interface driver inside of it? Does the previous iRex Illiad have that compatibility? One core functionality that I would like from an e-ink reader that has wireless and touch-screen annotations functionality, is to use some kind of web service that lets for example several users collaborate on reading and annotation a specific text. For example, several teachers could collaborate to read and rate a students assignment. Several bloggers could collaborate on writing an article (Bluetooth and USB host should support full sized foldable keyboard, and the device or the case for the device should have a stand to put it on the table while you are typing). All the people reading an e-book, should be able to see everyone elses public annotations throughout the whole book. By a simple show/hide annotations button. Basically, reading an e-book using a wireless e-reader that can annotate, should create a whole world of debate, discussions, comments, annotations around the whole content of every e-book. Wireless function should work in collaboration with a browser, either a Firefox plugin or a modified Chrome browser. You should be able to shift click or right click on links and on pages that should "Send to E-reader". So for example, do a whole bunch of browsing on your laptop, find a whole bunch of articles and blog-posts that you want to read by simply clicking on them with shift key or by right clicking on them or some other easy combination of clicks. This whole list of selected texts from the web should automatically be then available wirelessly on the e-reader. RSS reader, APIs to access Google News, Wikipedia reader, Google Blogsearch API, Techmeme API, all these should take advantage of WiFi and HSDPA on the e-reader. And then using a full sized Bluetooth or USB keyboard to type in comments that are for example posted directly to the blog-post or to type in blog-posts to publish directly to your own blog. Last edited by Charbax; 10-10-2008 at 04:07 AM.