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Originally Posted by Fortissimo
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Cool! That thread is not the one I was reading for a while now. I keep forgetting there is a forum for Onyx products. Oops!
Here is the other thread in the News section:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=105058
Lots of nice details in both. I am hoping there will be a nice reader with some good general purpose function like web browsing, email and a reasonable keyboard or even the ability to accept text from a Bluetooth keyboard for longer emails or notes. Don't think the color many of us want so much will be out in an eink screen for at least a year so not going to hold my breath. For now a nice pearl reader with a larger screen should be good enough for the short term.
And yeah, the DX really needs competition. There is the M90 of course but also the Pocketbook 903 which might be the same as the M90 save I don't think it has Wacom. Wait, since the M90 has Wacom if they had some sort of HWR like on the old PalmOS PDA's that would likely be faster than a virtual keyboard but not quiet as fast as a BT keyboard. Of course I can fill the buffer on most systems using BT keyboards which is really annoying. I never in my life would have thought I would get to where I could type fast enough to be ahead of a keyboard buffer, thanks Bluetooth!!
I guess I think this year will be a good year when we finally get some solid eink devices which actually complement a smaller dedicated reader like a Sony/Kindle/Nook etc. Something that handles those basic cloud or web based things like IMAP email, some note taking and can render PDFs well all in a nice larger screen. I guess we are all going to end up with 3-5 devices which combined do 90% of the work we currently use our PCs to accomplish.
