Thread: So you have a ebook device. When will you upgrade?
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Old 02-25-2008, 06:55 PM   #138
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OK, feature list to get me to replace the Sony 505:
  • better contrast
  • slightly bigger screen at higher resolution - 200ppi or so and 7" to match a paperback page
  • more memory, deal with it better
  • better UI - easier page turning and library navigation
  • fewer bugs. Stories of bricked books scare me.
For that feature list I'd pay another $300 or so, but not for a while. It's just not really compelling.

But the big step of to me would be the "eNotepad", something that I can write in as well as read from, and ideally with better connectivity. To be honest, even if it was hardback size I would buy it if it meant I could dump my cellphone and paper notebook.
  • more contrast as resolution as above
  • bigger screen, folding out to A5 or so
  • touch screen/sketchpad
  • image library separate from book library (store what I draw)
  • cellphone with bluetooth headset
  • ideally a reference library too - books that I can search kept separately from ones that I just read.
  • on screen keyboard mode for sms/email
  • (and for bonus points) colour and camera. If this was hardback size I wouldn't argue with a phone-size LCD on the front with a 2-3MP camera so I can "scan" stuff and view colour images. Keeping the main screen in black and white is fine by me.

Finally, content is the real king for me. If someone could tie in the various online magazine subscriptions and get them to settle on a common format that would rock. Currently it's almost easier for me to scan a paper magazine than download an issue of MakeZine or VeloVision. I don't object to DRM in the short term, I'd buy a subscription that was DRMed as long as I was guaranteed the non-DRM editions later - either at the end of the year or emailed to me after a few months. I demand to be able to read the magazine in 20 years time.

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible View Post
Backup, boys! When's the last time you did?
I just spent the best part of a year ripping and scanning music CDs, partly for this reason. Some CDs I had to try in four or five readers before I could get a clean rip. Scanning the artwork persuaded me to buy an A3 scanner, it's just too annoying having to stitch scans together manually. I've also upgraded to a pair of 2TB WB MyBooks for backup, TrueCrypt 5.0 to make sure MY backup stays mine, and a pair of 20" LCDs to read on. Oh, and a Sony reader for portability. But backup... religiously. Everything gets backed up off the RAID5 array at least weekly, and every month or so I swap the off-site backup drive for the one in the house. It's just too hard to replace all the content (I take a lot of photos). But also, dumping 50kg of music CDs was also a big win for me. Even a (big) PC and a couple of external drives is smaller than that many CDs.
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