Thread: Astak Mentor eBook readers with WiFi and Touchscreen (read-only)
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Old 05-29-2008, 05:36 PM   #338
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Originally Posted by Robertb View Post
For Astak, getting into the eBook format wars for the first time, I was astonished that so much of the market is locked up...

Yet, for Astak, so MANY want Mobipocket that you have to offer a version in it.
I've been trying to be patient but some questions about the Mentor are busting my buttons.

1. My PDA came without eBook software but it let me load, unload and update the book-reader software I wanted. Will it be possible for Mentor owners to delete, load and update the reading software of their choice?

2. eReader on the Clie lets you press one side of the screen to page forward and the other side to page back. This works much better than putting buttons under your fingers. Will the Mentor implement this feature?

3. eReader on my PC has a button to click that takes you to the eReader.com bookstore where you can click off the books you want to buy--sort of like what Amazon just did with the Kindle. Will the WiFi version of eReader do that? How about the MobiPocket version: will it home to Amazon to buy and download books?

4. Will the 5-inch Mentor be available with both touch and WiFi?

I know I'll hear the answers to all this eventually. Just having trouble waiting. The Mentor really IS a book reader for the rest of us.
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