Yet another dual screener

dmikov · 10-19-2009, 10:50 AM

http://gizmodo.com/5384709/spring-de...-dual-displays

What worries me though is the words: and patented dual screen interaction technology, the Duet Navigator™.

I mean looking at this horribly designed device it is certain, they did it just to fill the patent. Will it affect B&N or otherwise?

questionfear · 10-19-2009, 11:14 AM

The rumor/assumption is that the B&N reader is a variant on this product, not a competitor.

The-eBook-Reader · 10-19-2009, 11:15 AM

OMG. That thing is hideous!

The-eBook-Reader · 10-19-2009, 11:18 AM

Even the name is hideous: Alex. What kind of name is that for an ebook reader. Not exactly catchy, is it?

Slite · 10-19-2009, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by The-eBook-Reader

OMG. That thing is hideous!

Agreed... it is hideous.

Sweetpea · 10-19-2009, 11:29 AM

It looks better than the Kindle...

FlorenceArt · 10-19-2009, 11:44 AM

It does look better than the first Kindle at least, and the name sounds OK to me, but I'm not sure about usability. Where would you put your fingers to hold it? Anyway I don't see much use for two screens myself, seems like just an expensive gadget to me at first sight...

Lemurion · 10-19-2009, 11:49 AM

Wait and see:

Hopefully it won't be one that does two things poorly rather than one thing well. The main screen looks too small for my tastes, but there's no way to know yet.

Slite · 10-19-2009, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Lemurion

Wait and see:

Hopefully it won't be one that does two things poorly rather than one thing well. The main screen looks too small for my tastes, but there's no way to know yet.

too small? It's a 6 inch "standard" e-ink screen according to the specs afaik.

Lemurion · 10-19-2009, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Slite

too small? It's a 6 inch "standard" e-ink screen according to the specs afaik.

From the image I saw, it looked smaller - which is why I phrased it as I did.

badbob001 · 10-19-2009, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by The-eBook-Reader

Even the name is hideous: Alex. What kind of name is that for an ebook reader. Not exactly catchy, is it?

Well, if the BN reader will be called Athena, then perhaps Alex is short for Alexander (the great)?

Maike13 · 10-19-2009, 01:18 PM

Can't wait for tomorrow to see what the B&N reader REALLY looks like. Hopefully it's more like the Gizmodo pictures than like this ugly thing. I just hope the B&N announcement has some substance to it (specs, price, availability date etc.) and isn't just another "tease".

ardeegee · 10-19-2009, 01:21 PM

Nah-- "Alex" is one of those names that can be for a male or a female-- and this reader has both types of displays and thus is a bit of a hermaphrodite... so, yeah, the name works.

I gotta say, I don't hate it (the reader.)

LDBoblo · 10-19-2009, 01:22 PM

Not much I can say. It's a dumb design. The companies don't seem to be thinking about how people would hold or use ebook readers...they just rip off some vague phone/dmp design characteristics and assume the size difference is irrelevant, hoping the new unnecessary gimmickry takes the market. It'd be fascinating to sit down and talk with some of the think(?) tanks that are working on these things...

Hellmark · 10-19-2009, 01:26 PM

I really don't see how they could really get a patent on having two screens on a device, there is prior work for that. Having one screen to display info, and the other (lower) screen being to control the device has one famous device that has been out for years (The DS).

10-19-2009, 10:50 AM	#1
dmikov Zealot Posts: 113 Karma: 552 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: REB1200 REB2150 Sony 500 Pocket EZReader	Yet another dual screener - Spring Design http://gizmodo.com/5384709/spring-de...-dual-displays What worries me though is the words: and patented dual screen interaction technology, the Duet Navigator™. I mean looking at this horribly designed device it is certain, they did it just to fill the patent. Will it affect B&N or otherwise? Last edited by dmikov; 10-19-2009 at 11:03 AM.

10-19-2009, 11:29 AM	#6
Sweetpea Wizard Posts: 3,167 Karma: 5640 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocket Loox 720; JoinTech JE100; Mini	It looks better than the Kindle... __________________ Fence sitter Extraordinaire Can't decide between the IRex Digital Reader, or Sony PRS600. That Plastic Logic device looks good too and the Hanvon WISEreader N518 as well. And don't forget about the Txtr reader! I could also wait for the BeBook2? Or should I go for the Canon PowerShot SX20 IS?

10-19-2009, 11:44 AM	#7
FlorenceArt Unknown Genius Posts: 407 Karma: 1098 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: CyBook Gen3 + iPod Touch	It does look better than the first Kindle at least, and the name sounds OK to me, but I'm not sure about usability. Where would you put your fingers to hold it? Anyway I don't see much use for two screens myself, seems like just an expensive gadget to me at first sight... __________________ "The thing about witchcraft," said Mistress Weatherwax, "is that it's not like school at all. First you get the test, and then afterward you spend years findin' out how you passed it. It's a bit like life in that respect." Terry Pratchett (The Wee Free Men) ___________________________ My abstract art - My ebooks links - My LibraryThing

10-19-2009, 11:49 AM	#8
Lemurion eReader Posts: 915 Karma: 3649 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Sony PRS-505 (Blue), Palm T\|X, iPaq 3950, Nokia 6126	Wait and see: Hopefully it won't be one that does two things poorly rather than one thing well. The main screen looks too small for my tastes, but there's no way to know yet. __________________ DRM is like saying if you want to read our book, you have to wear our glasses. If you want non-DRM content vote with your dollars and buy it. No one will offer it if there's no market.

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10-19-2009, 11:14 AM	#2
questionfear Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Amazon Kindle	The rumor/assumption is that the B&N reader is a variant on this product, not a competitor.

10-19-2009, 11:15 AM	#3
The-eBook-Reader Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 482 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: United States Device: Sony PRS-600, 300, 505	OMG. That thing is hideous!

10-19-2009, 11:18 AM	#4
The-eBook-Reader Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 482 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: United States Device: Sony PRS-600, 300, 505	Even the name is hideous: Alex. What kind of name is that for an ebook reader. Not exactly catchy, is it?

10-19-2009, 01:18 PM	#12
Maike13 Enthusiast Posts: 44 Karma: 28 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Houston, USA Device: IRex DR800SG	Can't wait for tomorrow to see what the B&N reader REALLY looks like. Hopefully it's more like the Gizmodo pictures than like this ugly thing. I just hope the B&N announcement has some substance to it (specs, price, availability date etc.) and isn't just another "tease".

10-19-2009, 01:21 PM	#13
ardeegee Addict Posts: 211 Karma: 1672 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Sony Reader Pocket	Nah-- "Alex" is one of those names that can be for a male or a female-- and this reader has both types of displays and thus is a bit of a hermaphrodite... so, yeah, the name works. I gotta say, I don't hate it (the reader.)

10-19-2009, 01:22 PM	#14
LDBoblo Addict Posts: 394 Karma: 1838 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Asia Device: Sony PRS-505	Not much I can say. It's a dumb design. The companies don't seem to be thinking about how people would hold or use ebook readers...they just rip off some vague phone/dmp design characteristics and assume the size difference is irrelevant, hoping the new unnecessary gimmickry takes the market. It'd be fascinating to sit down and talk with some of the think(?) tanks that are working on these things...

10-19-2009, 01:26 PM	#15
Hellmark Guru Posts: 723 Karma: 1988 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Winfield, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505	I really don't see how they could really get a patent on having two screens on a device, there is prior work for that. Having one screen to display info, and the other (lower) screen being to control the device has one famous device that has been out for years (The DS).

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