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Originally Posted by aapezzuto
This forum is actually funny to me, because I am trying to make the plunge towards and e-ink device, because I want to have weeks of battery, at the same time my wife has kept me awake by the eerie glow of her reb1100. She clings to this literary night light, as if it will grant her some magical power... She is in med school, about to give birth to twins, has been in the hospital for a little over 7 weeks (so the doctors can watch the twins in her belly) and she is keeping up a decent mood, so maybe it has.
I don't think anyone needs back light, but some light would be about at the top of my list if i ever want to pry that outdated brick from her amorous claws, and replace it, once it has eventually died of course. I think the real sad part of all of this is that no one in industry has realized that this is a MUST have feature for some people. I think that the other niche the 1150 fills right now is a sturdy ebook reader, at a reasonable price.
A few things I would like to see introduced by SOME vender: - parallel batteries (only needs one to work, but you can add a second, and take out the first, no problems)
- reasonable low light lighting (even decently low back light is REALLY bright... still not as bad as a lamp.)
- reasonable glare resistance (because sometimes we venture into the garish light of day... egads!)
- a SDK to develop support for new formats, and alternate UIs
- something (like an old palm) that can read e-books, even poorly for 50-75$ so we can start handing them out like free samples of crack! (please make the screen 5.5"-8" at least)
That last request is completely separate from the others, but if there was a standard format between the 2, or if you could "link" your accounts and download to each of them... wow! get the magazines to give out the little one with a 2yr subscription. The offer the e-book only version at half price for renewal... they would still make lots of money, and have much less in the way of costs. 
Ok, I've communicated all that is relevant, and im about to get into my why am i the only sane person in the world... do you have to be crazy to get any power speech.... and this is not the time, and based on thread topic, its not the place either.  |
I think you made some excellent points and captured the idea of an inexpensive ebook reader (Most are not!) that has the features people need. That is exactly the sentiment I was trying to achieve when I started this thread.
Dale