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e-enker · 10-07-2008, 05:34 AM

I dont need the iliad as a substitute for a pc or laptop.

All I would need it for is to display one particular site which I need for studying. That site is a http address though and I guess that pure http addresses dont work with the iliad. If the yahoo email account doesnt work on the iliad then Im pretty sure that the site I need cant be displayed either.

Maybe a sunlight viewable pda is a solution for me because I need to use it without backlight. But a pda would be only good for me if the contrast without backlight is better than a printed text behind a smokescreen. I mean when the display without backlight is pale and milky or like washed out, then its useless.

Ill try to find out more about sunlightreadability in pdas. Maybe there are tablet pcs available that have these displays.

In a catalogue I saw a HP ipaq , it was a pda with integrated gps, and the descriptions said that it had a "transmissive" display..is "transmissive" the same as "transflective"? Or the opposite?

Maybe the pdas with integrated gps have the best sunlightreadable screens, because handheld gps devices are usually used outdoors.

I might also use a pda in combination with an iliad so that I use the pada to look up the site I need, and the iliad I use to read it.

Or if all that doesnt work satisfyingly then I will have to wait for the new irex 100 sw.
Im positive that the new one will be able to display mosts sites on the net the site I need is not very complicated, but its pure http.

10-07-2008, 05:34 AM	#9
e-enker Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Cybook Gen3	I dont need the iliad as a substitute for a pc or laptop. All I would need it for is to display one particular site which I need for studying. That site is a http address though and I guess that pure http addresses dont work with the iliad. If the yahoo email account doesnt work on the iliad then Im pretty sure that the site I need cant be displayed either. Maybe a sunlight viewable pda is a solution for me because I need to use it without backlight. But a pda would be only good for me if the contrast without backlight is better than a printed text behind a smokescreen. I mean when the display without backlight is pale and milky or like washed out, then its useless. Ill try to find out more about sunlightreadability in pdas. Maybe there are tablet pcs available that have these displays. In a catalogue I saw a HP ipaq , it was a pda with integrated gps, and the descriptions said that it had a "transmissive" display..is "transmissive" the same as "transflective"? Or the opposite? Maybe the pdas with integrated gps have the best sunlightreadable screens, because handheld gps devices are usually used outdoors. I might also use a pda in combination with an iliad so that I use the pada to look up the site I need, and the iliad I use to read it. Or if all that doesnt work satisfyingly then I will have to wait for the new irex 100 sw. Im positive that the new one will be able to display mosts sites on the net the site I need is not very complicated, but its pure http.