IQ Any information about Pocketbook IQ?

[fjtorres]

It opens pdfs.
It doesn't crash doing so.
And that's about it.
Don't expect a "mana from heaven" academic reader; it's an Android tablet built off a cellphone OS and cell-phone/pda hardware.
No PC-equivalent miracles at US$149.

Check the manual:
http://pocketbook-int.com/download/1...IQ_701(EN).pdf

[speedtouch]

Originally Posted by alprakas

Hello,

I went through this entire thread, but could not find any PDF specific features of PBIQ... Though it has been asked couple of times, but PB people dont seem to answer about this...

Can anyone already having the IQ please comment on this?

1) Can you write handwritten notes in PDF files.. It would be quite useful for reading research papers and annotating them.

2) If yes to the previous question, how are these annotations saved? Are they linked to the PDF forever, so that one can open the pdf again and see them...

3) and by the way is there a stylus supplied with the IQ, given that it has a resistive touchscreen...

I can't answer all your questions yet, but I can answer #3. A stylus is not included with the IQ. Sorry!

[alprakas]

Thanks fjtorres and speedtouch ... I only hoped that because its a resistive screen, maybe some android app can take care of these features, I will search the android market...

As for the stylus, no big deal though... :-)

Although, I think for my need ASUS launched something today in Taiwan, ASUS EEE Note EA-800... of course it is more expensive, and not sure whether it will make it outside Taiwan ... these things keep getting lost, just like the Irex DR 800... :-(

[mtravellerh]

Originally Posted by alprakas

Hello,

I went through this entire thread, but could not find any PDF specific features of PBIQ... Though it has been asked couple of times, but PB people dont seem to answer about this...

Can anyone already having the IQ please comment on this?

1) Can you write handwritten notes in PDF files.. It would be quite useful for reading research papers and annotating them.

2) If yes to the previous question, how are these annotations saved? Are they linked to the PDF forever, so that one can open the pdf again and see them...

3) and by the way is there a stylus supplied with the IQ, given that it has a resistive touchscreen...

1) You can type notes via virtual keyboard
2) no, they are only saved with the pdf on the iq

[fjtorres]

Originally Posted by alprakas

Although, I think for my need ASUS launched something today in Taiwan, ASUS EEE Note EA-800... of course it is more expensive, and not sure whether it will make it outside Taiwan ... these things keep getting lost, just like the Irex DR 800... :-(

The key problem you face is that proper Academic-type note-taking really needs a tablet PC running OneNote because nobody has replicated that functionality outside the PC environment. Especially the round-tripping. With netbook-based Tablets due from several vendors in the next few months you *will* have a fair choice of solutions but they will all be a lot closer to US$500 in price than to US$150.
The hardware simply isn't there.
Not for Android tablets, not for ereaders.
Content consumption, yes; content creation, no.
Sorry.

[myle00]

Originally Posted by fjtorres

The key problem you face is that proper Academic-type note-taking really needs a tablet PC running OneNote because nobody has replicated that functionality outside the PC environment. Especially the round-tripping. With netbook-based Tablets due from several vendors in the next few months you *will* have a fair choice of solutions but they will all be a lot closer to US$500 in price than to US$150.
The hardware simply isn't there.
Not for Android tablets, not for ereaders.
Content consumption, yes; content creation, no.
Sorry.

What new devices are you talking about? Because note taking is important and I might wait if new devices with it are coming out soon. I tested today the Sony 950 in best buy and you have to write really slowly, otherwise it skips a lot. Does the IQ's touchscreen act the same way? DO they have the same touch technology?

Did you mean that the 903 would be fully note capable, since I read it has that tracking tech?

[alprakas]

The touchscreen tech of the Sony 950 and the PBIQ are quite different... If I am not mistaken much, Sony 950 uses infrared sensors along the screen edges to detect the screen presses... while the PBIQ is a resistive touchscreen...

If as you say the writing capabilities of Sony 950 is not up to the mark i.e. you have to write really slow, then that is sad... I was considering that for me as well...

Anyway, writing on a resistive touchscreen is also a almost similar experience. You got to write slowly and press a bit hard at the same time..

[fjtorres]

Originally Posted by myle00

What new devices are you talking about?

There is a slew of netbook-based tablets coming from the PC companies designed to take on the iPad. Dell, Asus, HP, Acer, Lenovo, the usual suspects. These tablets use Intel CPUs (dual core Atoms, ULV Core, etc), capacitance screens, and an optimized build of Windows 7.
The DELL Inspiron convertible is shipping now for US $549.

http://hothardware.com/News/Dell-Shi...ablet-For-549/

http://www.technewsdaily.com/video-g...e-tablet-1567/

These are not ebook reader devices, they are full-function PCs, which is what full-function academic PDF use requires. The software already exists and is readily available. Things like OneNote, Nookstudy, and the full-blown Adobe PC Reader, etc. And, of course, round-tripping is a given.

Mind you, there's already dozens of existing Tablet PCs optimized for *pen* input, not touch, that already run the necessary apps. All from the usual suspects.

Ebook readers are for content consumption, PCs are for content creation. A lot less grief using them for what they each does best.

[jocampo]

Originally Posted by mtravellerh

Well, good news. 2.2 is already being tested.

Hi mtravellerh,

Any suggested month or quarter for this 2.2 upgrade?

[Icewyng]

Originally Posted by jocampo

Hi mtravellerh,

Any suggested month or quarter for this 2.2 upgrade?

I was wondering about the same as well...

Last time I have heard, it was supposed to be first half of january. It is the 14th and no word so far. Not that I want to be impatient or anything but I am sure Froyo could make a positive difference on the IQ.