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fjtorres · 05-13-2013, 07:15 AM

A great first pass at a proper academic reader.
(Especially if the three buttons at the bottom accurately hint at Android underpinnings.)

Needs an instant tweak: the sidecar pen dock has to go.
A thing like that is going to live in briefcases, backpacks, and shoulder bags. Usually in a portfolio case. Stick the pen there. Or give it a ridge that slides and locks into a groove on one of the edges.

The Nook-like corner bevel needs to go, too.

Price?
Don't expect it any lower than the equivalent of US$699 or so.
(This *is* an updating of the Plastic Logic reader concept, after all.)

05-13-2013, 07:15 AM	#3
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	A great first pass at a proper academic reader. (Especially if the three buttons at the bottom accurately hint at Android underpinnings.) Needs an instant tweak: the sidecar pen dock has to go. A thing like that is going to live in briefcases, backpacks, and shoulder bags. Usually in a portfolio case. Stick the pen there. Or give it a ridge that slides and locks into a groove on one of the edges. The Nook-like corner bevel needs to go, too. Price? Don't expect it any lower than the equivalent of US$699 or so. (This is an updating of the Plastic Logic reader concept, after all.) Last edited by fjtorres; 05-13-2013 at 07:52 AM.