Cmotech Mangrove

jankovicgood · 10-22-2009, 02:25 PM

http://www.slashgear.com/c-motech-ma...ebuts-2958383/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21YXxGSAjKs

heron61 · 10-22-2009, 04:08 PM

Wow, that looks really sweet. If the build quality is good and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg, it seems ideal.

bjkel · 10-22-2009, 08:39 PM

This looks great! Will keep an eye on this one. Hope the price won't be outrageous.

I like my smart q7 but I have issue with power management and suspense mode and the lamp always being on (WinCE version).

Faenad · 10-24-2009, 08:28 AM

Seems very good. Ie WinMo is a far better OS as WinCE for this kind of product. I also hope the build quality will be better than their competitors.

Over · 10-24-2009, 09:02 AM

I could see my self using this one. Any speculation about it's price?

Steve Jordan · 10-24-2009, 09:20 AM

I'm with everyone else here... though I might not read with it, it looks like a nice netbook-type device. I'm also curious as to the cost, but it looks like it may be being marketed to OEMs or corporations, not consumers... so it may not be cheap.

Mycropht · 10-25-2009, 05:31 PM

I am waiting for a similar device, but with a Pixel Qi's 3Qi screen. If it turns out that comfortable reading is possible on such screen then I would prefer it over e-ink reader.

brecklundin · 10-26-2009, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

I'm with everyone else here... though I might not read with it, it looks like a nice netbook-type device. I'm also curious as to the cost, but it looks like it may be being marketed to OEMs or corporations, not consumers... so it may not be cheap.

Steve,

That looks to be the same as the Archos 7" Iinternet Media Tablet (I think with Android). There is also what looks to be even cooler, the Archos 9 has an MSRP of $499 for a 60GB drive and Win7 Starter edition (had not heard of that edition until finding details about the Archos 9...)

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60254

So, I can't see the Cmotech being more than that....here is a thread about several of the Archos devices...started looking at the A5 Android and ended up with a lust-jones for the Archos 9...but battery life on the 9" device is only 3-5hrs...not ideal even for casual use...love the form factor and design though! I have a feeling Cmotech is the maker of the at least a couple of the Archos devices.

Nice thing about a Win7 device is all the reader software that should run on it...so that DRM becomes pretty much a moot point. Plus I could store a day's worth of photo's on it when out on a day of making Ansel Adams turn over in his grave when I get behind a lens!

10-22-2009, 02:25 PM	#1
jankovicgood Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 84 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: sony	Cmotech Mangrove http://www.slashgear.com/c-motech-ma...ebuts-2958383/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21YXxGSAjKs

10-24-2009, 08:28 AM	#4
Faenad Ad astra per aspera Posts: 302 Karma: 712 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mexico Device: PRS-505, PRS-300 & HTC P3300	Seems very good. Ie WinMo is a far better OS as WinCE for this kind of product. I also hope the build quality will be better than their competitors. __________________ "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde

10-24-2009, 09:02 AM	#5
Over ...whelmed! Posts: 897 Karma: 3518 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cascais, Portugal Device: Cybook Gen3	I could see my self using this one. Any speculation about it's price? __________________ Currently reading: - Last Argument of Kings, by Joe Abercrombie - 1632, by Eric Flint (on pause) - The Last Symbol, by Dan Brown Previously read: - Altered Carbon, by Richard K. Morgan - Before They Are Hanged, by Joe Abercrombie - Fevre Dream, by George R. R. Martin Next:

10-24-2009, 09:20 AM	#6
Steve Jordan Onuissance Man Posts: 5,096 Karma: 17640 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Germantown, MD USA Device: HP iPaq 110	I'm with everyone else here... though I might not read with it, it looks like a nice netbook-type device. I'm also curious as to the cost, but it looks like it may be being marketed to OEMs or corporations, not consumers... so it may not be cheap. __________________ www.SteveJordanBooks.com Darwin would read e-books.

10-25-2009, 05:31 PM	#7
Mycropht Optimist Posts: 63 Karma: 308 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Zagreb, Croatia Device: Paperbook	Yes, but with a 3Qi screen I am waiting for a similar device, but with a Pixel Qi's 3Qi screen. If it turns out that comfortable reading is possible on such screen then I would prefer it over e-ink reader.

10-22-2009, 04:08 PM	#2
heron61 Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Portland, OR Device: Nokia n810	Wow, that looks really sweet. If the build quality is good and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg, it seems ideal.

10-22-2009, 08:39 PM	#3
bjkel Connoisseur Posts: 64 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: Dell Axim x51v, SmartQ7	This looks great! Will keep an eye on this one. Hope the price won't be outrageous. I like my smart q7 but I have issue with power management and suspense mode and the lamp always being on (WinCE version).

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