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Originally Posted by MarkRPenn
But, the iLiad badly needs some serious development. It's a fantastic piece of hardware, badly let down by p!$$ poor software, at least on the note taking side of things.
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I think iRex was really counting on a lot more Business partners stepping up with software modifications or additional applications than has happened. I think their original plan was to focus on the hardware side and come up with a basic software/application build, and then have a third party Business partner come and fill in all of the gaps for their specific market. They list a bunch of partners on their website, but the only one I've really heard much about is the eFlyBook. Even that one seems to have tailed off quite a bit. ARINC got out of the business and handed it all over to MyAirplane.com, and I haven't heard much from them since (admittedly I'm not a pilot, so maybe I just haven't been following the right news).
I would bet that iRex's original plan never really had them selling the device directly to eBook customers. That could explain a lot about why the current software doesn't take full advantage of the device's potential. The big question is, what can we do about it? The hobbyist programmers can only do so much unless they get a much larger community of people working on it.