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I'm quite disturbed about the DR1000 FAQ, because even a couple of months ago iRex was still promising the new viewer that would support all formats, and I think some of the community developers have held back on spending a lot of effort on iPDF enhancements or creating a combination version because they believed iRex was going to come out with a new viewer.
I've had my iLiad for a year and a half, and I'm not sorry I have it, but I don't think iRex is treating iLiad customers very well here if they don't come out with further enhancements for the iLiad. There are still a lot of unkept promises, and I don't like to see them diving into a new product with those promises still out there.
I also note that they are promising better power management "later." We heard that promise plenty of times with the iLiad in the early days, before they finally admitted that their hardware design wouldn't support sleep or hibernate modes. I'd recommend being very cautious about buying a DR1000 assuming that the power management problems will be addressed. If the current functionality of the device will meet your needs, fine, but I wouldn't recommend that anyone buy an iRex device on the basis of any future development promises.
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