09-28-2007, 03:49 AM | #31 | |
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The Gen3 method you described seems wonderful, but I think could be easily optimized in a simple software way: allow the user to tune the time after which the system goes in sleep mode: in this way, depending on how fast you read (e.g. 1'/page), you can set the threshold slightly above that time (e.g. 1'30''), and you are able to let it sink in sleep mode in a proper way while at the same time enjoying reading AND fast page turning... Alessandro |
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09-28-2007, 04:42 AM | #32 | |
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You cannot forget about charging Sony reader because a battery indicator is always in front of your eyes. I am really impressed with Sony's battery life now. Moreover, the battery looses its ability to hold a charge after awhile. When I bought Sony, I was recharging it once in 3 1/2 weeks. It is once in 2 1/2 weeks now. So, anything like 4 days will be only 2-3 days after 1 year of useage, which is very poor imho. It is better to buy illiad then, at least you get a bigger sceen as a trade off. |
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09-28-2007, 04:58 AM | #33 | |
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That indicator is also on my phone. The 'problem' is that there is so much power in the battery that I think mwah, there is enough left, I will charge it this evening. But of course I do not look at my phone 24*7. So the next day I pick up the phone and see Ah..I should charge it. But not now, because the charger is at home. When you have to do something every day, you will do it. For example brush your teeth, hookup the phone to the charger go to bed. When you have to that once a week you will forget.
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When I bought my mobile, I also bought one with a long battery life. So, sometimes the same thing happens to me too However, it never ever happened with the reader. Don't know why. Maybe because you(me, or anyone else) use the reader in a different way. I mean when you talk on the phone you have only short periods of time when you actually look at the screen and see battery indicator (and mostly it happens when you are away from home!), while when you use the reader the indicator is in fron of your eyes for prolonged periods of time. Lets say 20 minutes and more. When I come home, I forget about mobile altogether until next morning. Next time I noticed the indicator when I am at work and there is no charger around. It is very different with the reader. There is a significant life time between every bar of the indicator, so when I finish my reading session before I go to sleep I can always determine whether I need to recharge the reader over the night or not. Last edited by astra; 09-28-2007 at 05:45 AM. |
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We can make promises about future events. Have you ever had a mortage? It's a promise to pay the bank what you owe them, otherwise you forfeit your house. In this case there doesn't seem to be any forfeiture for Bookeen, because you consumers are used to getting the short end of the stick. I don't intend to buy a Cybook, so I haven't lost anything. I couldn't care less about when the device is released. What I care about is corporate ethics. I'm upset about the way Bookeen, and other companies like Sony and iRex, treat us like sheep. I guess some of us are sheep. |
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09-28-2007, 09:07 AM | #38 |
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They are late, that is true. It happens. But they have not slipped so far behind that support in general is eroding in any way. I think you'll find that almost everyone will be accepting of a 1-month delay. If it goes to 2-months, a few more people will be upset. 3-months, even more will be upset. That's just how things like this go. The longer the delay, the less supporting potential people will be of Bookeen.
It looks like balok is one of the rare people for whom any delay is unacceptable and worthy of vocal outcry. I don't know balok, but he may be the classical "Type-A" personality and keeps a firm grip on is nitroglycerin tablets. Or maybe he's prejudging Bookeen based on the delay fiasco of last year's first generation crop of E-Ink devices from Sony and iRex. I'll give Bookeen a little more time, but if they're not ready to fulfill orders in October then I may be among the upset few voicing doubts about Bookeen. |
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It's a free market; you are, of course, free to buy from whomsoever you wish.
I think that one has to accept, however, that the eInk market is still very much in its infancy, and whenever a company launches a "next generation" product such as the CyBook Generation 3, delays are highly likely. There can be entirely unanticipated problems in going from engineering samples of new screen technologies to large-scale production. As I said earlier, delays do not personally bother me in the slightest. I would much rather that a company delayed the release of a product until it's "right", rather than rushed a buggy product to market to meet an arbitrary deadline. |
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PVI supplies the screens. If they say to you, yes we can get you the number of screens you need in time for you to get out oyour product in September, you say great and go ahead and announce a September release date. PVI then turns around and says, sorry, we aren't able to make our deadline, you then have to turn around and say, sorry, but the release date is pushed back. You as the one selling the finished product have your release date pushed back due to no fault of your own. Stuff like that happens all the time. You are now blaming the company making the product when in fact, you should be blaming the parts supplier.
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they bette r try to get it right the first time. there will always be something to complain about...
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09-28-2007, 10:40 AM | #43 |
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I think the delay comes from Bookeen and not PVI since "les echos" is already selling
a vizplex reader with the same hardware and the same design (except it's white). See : http://www.ganaxa.com http://www.lesechos.fr/epaper/inscription.htm You can even compare the speed of the Bookeen GEN3 / Ganaxa GER2 with the old gen of eink : http://papierelectronique.blogspot.com/ Last edited by guguy; 09-28-2007 at 10:42 AM. |
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I take it back, now I'm not 100% sure. Who is Ganxa? Are they really developing their own stuff or just re-branding? I see eREAD is one of their partners. Isn't eREAD just the manufactuer of all the devices based off the reference design? Companies like HanLin, Bookeen, and many Ganaxa just repackage and customize the reference design and eREAD implements and manufactuers them?
So many companies all using the same basic design. I'm so confused as to who is who. Philips designed E-Ink which begat PVI for the screens and iRex as a device developer. Where exactly did eREAD come from? Are they a subsidiary or PVI who helps with the OEM customization and contracts manufacturing of the devices based off the PVI reference design? Did they actually develop the reference design for PVI? Last edited by MikeF74; 09-28-2007 at 11:03 AM. |
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