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Originally Posted by zacitana
I find it rather interesting how, all of a sudden, so many people allegedly "knew" that iRex cannot succeed with their marketing strategies and customer service.
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I did not know.
I did not care.
I was extremely excited when the iLiad came out. Wow! THAT was something. I was lusting after it. The only thing I ever wanted more than iLiad was a home computer at the end of 1980es (Sinclair Spectrum, Atari800 or Commodore 64 (Finally after MUCH saving and fundrising I did purchase C64. It was extremely expensive for a student in a Socialistic country)).
The only thing preventing me from buying iLiad the moment it came out was the super-exorbitant price at the time.
Other people were obviously much richer than I was and did purchase one.
Then the first reviews came. Long booting time (compare with instant-on of Sony PRS-500), super short battery life (compare with weeks of reading on Sony PRS-500), other shortcomings. Never mind little teething problems. A firmware update promised Real Soon Now (TM) would solve all the battery problems. The update providing battery life that would be even in the same ballpark as originally promised specifications never came.
Then I lost interest.
There were other readers featuring e-ink screens that actually delivered what they promised and that I was able to afford.
I ceased haunting iRex threads and eagerly reading anything about iRex products.