Quote:
Originally Posted by HPG
I do think that the flak Robertb is getting is most unfortunate. He's had the courage and imagination to bring readers of this forum into the design process in a way that most manufacturers don't, and the honesty to keep us in touch with current projections for price and delivery, which are almost bound to change as a project progresses, especially one involving a product line that's new to a manufacturer. Surely the information we've been getting from Robertb is extremely helpful in coming to a decision about which unit, if any, to buy, and which, if any, to wait for?
|
Well said. Every major e-book reader currently on the market is half-baked and unfinished IMHO. When CYbook first announced the Gen 3, they promised RTF support and HTML. At delivery time RTF was postponed until the next firmware release, and postponed again. HTML can't handle anything but simple HTML and even then it sometimes get lost with italics. Sony supports RTF, but no TOC and no pictures. That's support? And don't get me started on the DRM ONLY Kindle. I can't say about the Iliad, as I can't afford it.
I'm
still using my 1st Gen CYbook, despite all of it's hardware limitations, because it
works. It'll read just about any text based non-DRM'ed format, so I don't have to reformat my books.
So if it takes a little longer that expected, and cost a little more that projected, if it works like the 1st gen CYbook does, I'll sing Hallelujah and here's my money.
Sorry about the rant. Whoever gets a reliable, flexible format, e-ink ebook reader will end up owning the market, because nobody else has one....