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Old 05-16-2008, 11:03 PM   #1
jobin007007
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Device: Iliad
Red face Good Eink Ebook reader specifications that are possible in the next 1 year!

The screen type is mentioned in the title-Eink- I dont know any more about eink. But i know vizplez is something better?
But here goes..

Starting from 1 to infinity, they are--

Exterior, style--
1. Available in a 6 inch and a 9inch screen size.
1a. Eink display Vizplez.
1b. Weight Less than 450gms ( Iliad is 400gms) Maybe even a lot less lighter?
1c. Battery life 10000 screen writes...2 hour recharge time.

Screen Functionality, Button Configuration
2. Touch screen with styllus.
3. Page turning time is very fast..Full screen refresh rate= less than .3 seconds. No flash or very short flash from the book.
4. Ability to jump to a page.
5. Fixed buttons on screen that can be accessed by stylus only but a few buttons that can be accessed by finger? Is this possible?
6. Back light that can be turned off if needed. If backlighting is not possible, front lighting!!
7. Automatic turn off backlight button or frontlighting if undisturbed for 1/2 hour. this would be a feature on off button.
8. Standby mode where no battery power is consumed.
9. Fast boot-up time.
10. Automatic line appears. This is the feature- At the flick of a button, imaginary lines would appear on the ebook reader. This would be really good and make the reader appear as a notebook.
11. Different tip points for the pen...Medium and small. These tips would be stored in the reader or pen and stored in such a way that there is no chance of losing them.
12. Ability to increase font size.
13. Fast processor.
14. Ability to handle large files.
15. Ability to handle zip, rar files.

Readability--
17. Ability to read PDF's in the best possible manner.
18. Ability to read other notable ebook formats--at least the top 2 in the world.
19. Ability to buy content online from an online library.
20. Fairly large library.

Interfaces
21. Expandable up-to 8 gb.
22. USB ports, USB charger
23. Headphone port

Network
24. Wireles networking available--Ability to drag and drop files onto the device.
25. Wired networking.

Bluetooth
26. Bluetooth network.
27. Bluetooth headphones for listening to music and voice reader.

Other Functionality-
28. Voice reader with availability of basic good voices to read content out aloud.---Additional voices available for purchase.
29. Play mp3 files with stereo sound and headphones.
30. Bluetooth for automatic sync of files, that is u would have a folder in your computer which would automatically sync with the device once it is nearby. You would not have to press a button. You just have to activate the device bluetooth or leave it on all the time.
31. Ability to go online to browse( This could be limited but thats OK). The main thing would be to be able to read documents( pdfs, docs, other eebook formats, basic html documents.)...ie if you type a direct link to pdf the reader would open it.
32. Have a online bookmark software. In your pc, in firefox or internet explorer you could add these bookmarks to the reader. These bookmarks would then show up in the ebook reader. This would be similiar in concept to firefox bookmark synchronizer.
33. Ability to take notes as fast as you would be able to do in a book.
34. Hand writing recognition. Ability to recognize images as images, drawings as drawings. Fairly good.
35. Search facility that is fast to search for words in a book.
36. Software that can make completer reader device backups through wireless, wired and blue tooth. Important to have this!!.
37. Notes access, organize software to organize notes, to be able to search for them easily.
38. Print through wireless network, wired network, bluetooth.
39. ((Maybe ability to search for a word by writing it down using the pen instead of using a keyboard). This would be a plus!
40. Keyboard if the above is not possible or keyboard as an option???
41. Basic email reading capability and ability to send attachments through bluetooth, wired and wireless network. This would be a plus!
42. ((Maybe Wireless carrier Internet if possible, Costs extra.)) This would be a plus.
43. SDK to write software and sell it free at a very low price or no price at all.
44. Scheduler. Tasks to do that can be blue-tooth synced with outlook! This occurs automatically. This would be a plus.

PRICE
45. Less than 400$ or 450$ for the 9 inch. Maybe extra software is an option and could cost extra. Common'...theIliad is $699? I see prices going further down..So it could be even less than 400$

PLUS Dyrlobs features
Quote-
46. 16 shades of gray. The iRex can already do this, though apparently it's using custom hardware. I would like to see this become the standard for all eReaders.
47. Folder structure! I mean honestly, my first computer had this capability, so why can't most recent ebook devices? (My Sony Reader has "collections", which, though useful, is still too limited IMO)


What else would you want to add??
Please be brief!!!!!!!
Please number the items as you list it!!!!!

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