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jackbrown · 09-11-2008, 02:19 PM

I don't know about a Kindle Killer, but this thing is an Iliad killer for sure. My Iliad was bought partly in the hopes of it being a daily newspaper reader (hopes which were obviously never met), and partly as a PDF reader for JSTOR and all those other academic journal aggregators.

The screen on the Iliad is just too small for the job though, even though it's been the biggest Ereader screen around. Too much mucking around to make things readable.

I agree WinCE wasn't a terrible choice (how much benefit have we REALLY seen from Iliad's going with Linux? Honestly I'd say not much).

I only hope the screen refresh/pageflip speed has gone up significantly. This time I will certainly demo the device before buying. Additionally, I hope the stupid schmucks in the American Newspaper Publishers' Association get off their fat bums and start trying to sell their newspapers through new mediums like this device. I am sick of reading the NYT/WP on my laptop.

09-11-2008, 02:19 PM	#55
jackbrown Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: San Francisco USA/North Africa	I don't know about a Kindle Killer, but this thing is an Iliad killer for sure. My Iliad was bought partly in the hopes of it being a daily newspaper reader (hopes which were obviously never met), and partly as a PDF reader for JSTOR and all those other academic journal aggregators. The screen on the Iliad is just too small for the job though, even though it's been the biggest Ereader screen around. Too much mucking around to make things readable. I agree WinCE wasn't a terrible choice (how much benefit have we REALLY seen from Iliad's going with Linux? Honestly I'd say not much). I only hope the screen refresh/pageflip speed has gone up significantly. This time I will certainly demo the device before buying. Additionally, I hope the stupid schmucks in the American Newspaper Publishers' Association get off their fat bums and start trying to sell their newspapers through new mediums like this device. I am sick of reading the NYT/WP on my laptop.