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Originally Posted by bogdaniosif
So I would say that it is reasonable to expect for an ereader to have a brand new, from scratch, implementation of a PDF editor capable just of annotation editing. Note that this would not require using any libraries from Adobe.
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The iPad is *not* an eReader and the screen it uses is a lot cheaper than a 10in eink screen and at its price point of >US$500 and mutimillion unit volume it can aford a 1GHz Cortex CPU and the *battery* to power it.
The choice of a 533MHz ARM 11 CPU was done on purpose, you know.
ebook readers are optimized for light weight and extreme battery life.
Media pads are optimized for media playback which requires hardware assisted graphics and power hungry cpus.
They are really two different creatures with different missions, just as netbooks are.
Blame a Pocketbook for not being an iPad? Might as well blame it for not being a Netbook or running Windows.
My point remains; ebook readers are primarily for reading and are designed to be efficient and effective at reading.
They are not PDAs, mediapads, or PCs.
We already have plenty of Tablet PCs that can do that already. Check out the Viliv models...