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brecklundin · 04-30-2008, 03:56 AM

One simple change and one more, well complex.

Simple:

Drop the Kindle to about $100, add some sort of lighting to improve contrast to something reasonable under normal to low light conditions so one is not required to read under the 1-billion (or whatever it really is to quell those jailhouse lawyer/factoid types) lumen light called the sun. And improve the allowed formats to at least extend to DRM'd MOBI & ePub.

More Complex:

Features and power of something like a Nokia Internet Tablet but with a COLOR 9" or so eink display. Put a big battery in it. I do not care if the reader weighs a couple pounds and is 11" in size. Again some sort of lighting to improve contrast under average to low light conditions. Keep the ability to add a total 64GB of SDHC memory cards to the system as the N800 can currently support via it's two SDHC card slots. Improve the DPI of the display to at minimum 300dpi but 600dpi is better since it's color and color means more diverse content. The active touch screen technology or Wacom type display. Ability to function as more then a simple reading device but need not be near a laptop/UMPC/tablet PC in processing power. Last modular mobile broadband connectivity to all me to decide what service works for me, in addition to wifi. Keep the price under $300US. The only new thing is the display all the other components and OS's are decades mature and hence not expensive. So a sub-$300 device is possible even with a 9"-plus display.

And oh yeah, add a silly post where a wrist lanyard can be attached to help prevent drops. I cannot believe this was left out of every reader device I have seen. Leaving the only option as a cheesy stick-on camera lens cover sort of thing.

Last licence some sort of crossword puzzle software that supports AcrossLite .puz format. Reading and xword puzzles seem to go hand in hand, especially with newspaper subs.

I know it sounds like a lot...but for the price point they all seem to be shooting for...I want and expect what I want. Until then I will keep on with my Clie nx73v and my Nokia N800 using FBReader (I am suprised how much I like that software...obviously it still has a ways to go but so far it's pretty cool stuff.)

04-30-2008, 03:56 AM	#152
brecklundin Banned Posts: 1,906 Karma: 15348 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: mine	One simple change and one more, well complex. Simple: Drop the Kindle to about $100, add some sort of lighting to improve contrast to something reasonable under normal to low light conditions so one is not required to read under the 1-billion (or whatever it really is to quell those jailhouse lawyer/factoid types) lumen light called the sun. And improve the allowed formats to at least extend to DRM'd MOBI & ePub. More Complex: Features and power of something like a Nokia Internet Tablet but with a COLOR 9" or so eink display. Put a big battery in it. I do not care if the reader weighs a couple pounds and is 11" in size. Again some sort of lighting to improve contrast under average to low light conditions. Keep the ability to add a total 64GB of SDHC memory cards to the system as the N800 can currently support via it's two SDHC card slots. Improve the DPI of the display to at minimum 300dpi but 600dpi is better since it's color and color means more diverse content. The active touch screen technology or Wacom type display. Ability to function as more then a simple reading device but need not be near a laptop/UMPC/tablet PC in processing power. Last modular mobile broadband connectivity to all me to decide what service works for me, in addition to wifi. Keep the price under $300US. The only new thing is the display all the other components and OS's are decades mature and hence not expensive. So a sub-$300 device is possible even with a 9"-plus display. And oh yeah, add a silly post where a wrist lanyard can be attached to help prevent drops. I cannot believe this was left out of every reader device I have seen. Leaving the only option as a cheesy stick-on camera lens cover sort of thing. Last licence some sort of crossword puzzle software that supports AcrossLite .puz format. Reading and xword puzzles seem to go hand in hand, especially with newspaper subs. I know it sounds like a lot...but for the price point they all seem to be shooting for...I want and expect what I want. Until then I will keep on with my Clie nx73v and my Nokia N800 using FBReader (I am suprised how much I like that software...obviously it still has a ways to go but so far it's pretty cool stuff.)