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10-19-2007, 06:12 AM | #16 |
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One problem I do see though is not every computer has a wifi connection. So if you needed to have a wifi connection to the computer then that would not be a good idea for people who don't have such.
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I do not plan to use vista in a near future, so the device is dead for me if it doesn't have a more conventional alternative to access it, such as USB. |
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10-19-2007, 06:17 AM | #18 |
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True. Having both "wired" and "wireless" download methods (such as the iLiad has) provides the maximum flexibility, certainly.
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10-21-2007, 12:49 AM | #20 |
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Doesn't pass the HP test though ...
So it would be interesting to have an e-reader which was effectively a printer when associated with a server. You could "print" to it and use the front/back controls as feedback on which page of output to display. That would leave the intelligence in the PC and the display could be made cheaply. However having looked around inside my e-book a bit, its clear the most expensive thing in there is the display! So throwing an xScale CPU running linux in with it is almost free anyway.
--Chuck (the HP test BTW was HP's lowest end inkjet printers were basically driven off the parallel port and had no intelligence at all inside of them. The idea was that HP gave away the 'rendering mechanism' and then made money on ink. When people wanted to run those printers on Linux boxes or network print servers they came to realize just how much of the "print" part of the "printer" was actually software in the driver!) |
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I don't think there's enough data on this device to make many judgments about it. We don't know size, cost, connectivity (other than may require Windows); even the release date of early November seems too vague. I think Microsoft's web site would have more about it as prelaunch hype generation if it were coming that soon. Then again, maybe it's a side device that MS isn't planning to put much cash into, sort of a dipping of a toe in the waters, so to speak.
I'm not skeptical that it's going to come out at all, just not sure what we're looking at here. I run Ubuntu, so a Windows-only reader turns me off right away. I agree with what was posted above about a Windows-only device: this being only Windows-friendly doesn't piss me off, just disinterests me. But I already have an iLiad and lurves it, so really this has little impact on me personally. However, I do like that this device may be yet another competitor in the ereader space that will drive some prices down and perhaps further "legitimize" ereaders and ebooks. MS throwing some of its weight into the ebook biz may go a long way toward pushing ereading toward consumer acceptance critical mass. That'd be good for everyone, except if MS's Borg-like business practices become popular ebook availability practice. |
11-07-2007, 06:55 AM | #22 |
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Just one day
When you enter in front of the home page(http://www.ricavision.com/), you saw instantaneous " 1 " expression counts backwards one day
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