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wallcraft · 05-18-2008, 05:23 PM

The major point is the software, and this is largely agnostic about the carrier medium. It would work just as well over WiFi, and it would work on the iLiad if iRex had the software. They don't have the software because (a) they are a small company with few resources, and (b) they decided to put their own proprietary interface on top of Linux. Note that Amazon also did (b), but they did not suffer from (a). To be fair to iRex, it is easier today to avoid the proprietary interface trap than it was a couple of years ago when the Iliad was being developed (because there are more flexible standard interfaces for Linux now).

Aenea demonstrated one good approach using Qtopia, see Nice little "make people curious" message!. I have no doubt that an iLiad-like device (e.g. EB-300 hardware) with Qt apps would run rings around the iLiad.

05-18-2008, 05:23 PM	#15
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	The major point is the software, and this is largely agnostic about the carrier medium. It would work just as well over WiFi, and it would work on the iLiad if iRex had the software. They don't have the software because (a) they are a small company with few resources, and (b) they decided to put their own proprietary interface on top of Linux. Note that Amazon also did (b), but they did not suffer from (a). To be fair to iRex, it is easier today to avoid the proprietary interface trap than it was a couple of years ago when the Iliad was being developed (because there are more flexible standard interfaces for Linux now). Aenea demonstrated one good approach using Qtopia, see Nice little "make people curious" message!. I have no doubt that an iLiad-like device (e.g. EB-300 hardware) with Qt apps would run rings around the iLiad.