Software Wishlist - Page 2

firekat · 07-15-2006, 09:59 AM

A spreadsheet. It wouldn't have to require calculation till you told it to do so after entering your data. Forms with similar calculation would be nice.

Calender/Event Planning.

Address/Phone List - searchable.

All of the basic palm apps would be nice.

FGFuzaxx · 07-19-2006, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by firekat

A spreadsheet. It wouldn't have to require calculation till you told it to do so after entering your data. Forms with similar calculation would be nice.

Calender/Event Planning.

Address/Phone List - searchable.

All of the basic palm apps would be nice.

None of these would need gigantic screen refresh rates. So, where is the problem, iRex?

Just when I think of Myst or the good old little Hobbit - hmm I think there is more to do with the device than just reading ;-)

Greetings,
Frank

tribble · 07-19-2006, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by FGFuzaxx

None of these would need gigantic screen refresh rates. So, where is the problem, iRex?

I guess they just dont have the resources to add that stuff. Thats why they open up the device with a nice SDK, so we can do it ourselves

ath · 07-19-2006, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by FGFuzaxx

So, where is the problem, iRex?

There are already cheaper devices to do those things: it doesn't make sense to make an iLiad a very expensive PDA. Or at least, iRex isn't prepared to gamble that it might.

And until the E Ink display is quite a bit faster, I think they're right. The iLiad makes perfectly good sense as a read-only (or perhaps read-mostly) device. That's where I think iRex are.

Disagreeing parties get an SDK to play with. If they turn out to be right, it won't hurt iRex a bit.

arivero · 07-19-2006, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ath

There are already cheaper devices to do those things: it doesn't make sense to make an iLiad a very expensive PDA.

Still it could be interesting to put some effort on lining the iLiad to PDAs. So you can browse the net fast on your PDA, download content, and broadcast it to the iLiad.

It could also justify people already having a PDA to buy the "next thing".

ali · 07-19-2006, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by ath

There are already cheaper devices to do those things: it doesn't make sense to make an iLiad a very expensive PDA. Or at least, iRex isn't prepared to gamble that it might.

I absolutely agree.

firekat · 07-19-2006, 11:58 AM

Having those apps would make it so that I would not have to carry the pda! One less thing to carry, one less thing to plug in, one less charger. Also if/when things work out with the iLiad battery life will be better than my Palm T3 (which I still like!)

vvoi666 · 07-20-2006, 03:31 AM

just a thought:
it would be cool to open books directly out of an *.zip, *.rar archive. this would be a feature of the reader, right?
this is pretty cool in fbreader, since it saves a lot of 'cardspace'.

btw: did anyone ask the fbreader guys for a port of their reader (or does it run on the iliad)? it works really great on my 770 (maemo) and they are very open to 'user suggestions' for future releases.

tribble · 07-20-2006, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by vvoi666

it would be cool to open books directly out of an *.zip, *.rar archive. this would be a feature of the reader, right?

I think the OEB files have a zip container. That would be nice. And PDFs are compressed usually. Would help with HTML Files, but i dont know if minimo does that.

ath · 07-20-2006, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by tribble

And PDFs are compressed usually.

Depends a bit on what PDF version is supported. The latest can compress
pretty much anything, but earlier version can only compress strings and
streams, not all the different objects found in a PDF file.

stinky ox · 07-20-2006, 06:59 AM

Neeeeeds bookmarks now... I've actually got a bit of content so having to open each book from the start and remember where i was then nav to there each time is getting to be a pain...

either that or power management so I can just leave my current book open anyway and not have to turn the thing off...

or better still, both!

arivero · 07-20-2006, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by vvoi666

btw: did anyone ask the fbreader guys for a port of their reader (or does it run on the iliad)? it works really great on my 770 (maemo) and they are very open to 'user suggestions' for future releases.

Based on my impression on 770, it would do an easy port. But it is really so impresive, or it is only because it is the only ereader available there?

stinky ox · 07-22-2006, 08:35 AM

It also needs a "back" command fir when you accidentally interrupt your reading. I was just now reading mi iLiad in the loo, and I put it down to attend to the, ah, paperwork, and then when I picked it up accidentally pressed the "connect" button in top-right. Of course it then displayed the download history and I lost my place in my book (and at 171 pages in and no bookmarks and no direct-jump-to-page command yet it's a pain getting back there).

It'd be nice in circumstances like that if the "Up" button took you back to where you were before.

tribble · 07-22-2006, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by stinky ox

It also needs a "back" command fir when you accidentally interrupt your reading.

Yes, that would definately be great. i always press the news button by accident.

yokos · 07-26-2006, 11:59 AM

# A function "copy from CF/SD card to iLiad's memory" would be nice. [I have several cards in use.]
# path should be visible in card's menu [like CF/ebook/a/] [uuh, is listed already on wiki wishlist

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07-26-2006, 11:59 AM	#30
yokos Pac-Man caught my iLiad. Posts: 807 Karma: 3595 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany; next to Baltic Sea Device: Boox Max Lumi, iRex iLiad (RIP)	# A function "copy from CF/SD card to iLiad's memory" would be nice. [I have several cards in use.] # path should be visible in card's menu [like CF/ebook/a/] [uuh, is listed already on wiki wishlist ] Last edited by yokos; 07-26-2006 at 12:03 PM.

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07-15-2006, 09:59 AM	#16
firekat Groupie Posts: 157 Karma: 314 Join Date: May 2006	A spreadsheet. It wouldn't have to require calculation till you told it to do so after entering your data. Forms with similar calculation would be nice. Calender/Event Planning. Address/Phone List - searchable. All of the basic palm apps would be nice.

07-19-2006, 11:58 AM	#22
firekat Groupie Posts: 157 Karma: 314 Join Date: May 2006	Having those apps would make it so that I would not have to carry the pda! One less thing to carry, one less thing to plug in, one less charger. Also if/when things work out with the iLiad battery life will be better than my Palm T3 (which I still like!)

07-20-2006, 03:31 AM	#23
vvoi666 Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 29 Join Date: May 2006	just a thought: it would be cool to open books directly out of an .zip, .rar archive. this would be a feature of the reader, right? this is pretty cool in fbreader, since it saves a lot of 'cardspace'. btw: did anyone ask the fbreader guys for a port of their reader (or does it run on the iliad)? it works really great on my 770 (maemo) and they are very open to 'user suggestions' for future releases.

07-20-2006, 06:59 AM	#26
stinky ox Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 41 Join Date: Jul 2006 Device: samsung q1, iLiad	Neeeeeds bookmarks now... I've actually got a bit of content so having to open each book from the start and remember where i was then nav to there each time is getting to be a pain... either that or power management so I can just leave my current book open anyway and not have to turn the thing off... or better still, both!

07-22-2006, 08:35 AM	#28
stinky ox Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 41 Join Date: Jul 2006 Device: samsung q1, iLiad	It also needs a "back" command fir when you accidentally interrupt your reading. I was just now reading mi iLiad in the loo, and I put it down to attend to the, ah, paperwork, and then when I picked it up accidentally pressed the "connect" button in top-right. Of course it then displayed the download history and I lost my place in my book (and at 171 pages in and no bookmarks and no direct-jump-to-page command yet it's a pain getting back there). It'd be nice in circumstances like that if the "Up" button took you back to where you were before.

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