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I was tempted to return my DXG and get an alternative until I looked around, and the only other e-ink device out there was the Entourage which is a brick weighing over 2x as much with 2 screens that gets like 6 hours of battery life? And the e-ink is a lesser generation, only like 8 shades of gray and it's glossy because it's touchscreen.
It's just so sad because if Amazon would spend more time on the kindle firmware adding features and making apps, way more people would use it and buy it.
It's a great reader, but it's crap for pdfs.
Apps would be great for it, like:
- Text editor/Code view/Word processor
- Samba client (copy/save files when connected to lan via wifi/USBnet and save edited files to network shares)
- External monitor (X could work over USBnet/Wifi, or some other mechanic)
- Chat/IM Client, even if it's only for like "Amazon Book Clubs" don't exactly need IRC here
- Customizable welcome screen with weather/news(rss)/recent items
I have a DX and I use it all the time while working at my computer to look at code or when working with reference books, so these features would be great. I also have a notebook and second monitor on my desk, and I still use the DX quite a bit. It's size and readability makes it much nicer to use than a notebook computer, and less cumbersome than continuously switching apps to put something up on a second monitor.
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