Ha ha, well, I've been just as bad at responding to the thread! In my defense, however, I was working on my Honours thesis; there were a number of times I had to resist the temptation to come in here and procrastinate by writing a lengthy reply!
You can definitely install AbiWord on the iLiad (at least, according to what I've read), but it's a little more complicated than just copying it across... As far as I can tell, most people seem to use it to read document formats that are otherwise unsupported on the iLiad, more than as a wordprocessor...
You're probably right about the battery life, I think the most I've been reading at a stretch for my thesis was about 4-5 hours or so. I was also rarely far from a power point... On the issue of solar charging, however;
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Originally Posted by tribble
Well, i used a Solio for mine. Its not perfect, but it works, since the iLiad needs at least 9V to be charged. And you need the Travel Hub and the car charging unit in between. I havent found any pins for it yet, that could be directly be plugged into the travel hub.
Soli o- german Solio - Homepage
Could be interesting for Reader users, since it comes equipped with a usb plug. Will see if it works with the cybook aswell. |
the "Solio" he mentions is a portable solar charging device, but, as he says, it has to be routed through the travel hub - a bit cumbersome, really.
As it turned out, I didn't read that many scanned PDFs at all - most of it was HTML; fortunately, there's been a concerted effort to get most of the ancient texts I've had to use onto the web.
However, to
finally answer your question: I didn't get an e-reader. I needed a new computer at the start of this year to replace my 5-year old PC, and I was waiting for the new Mac Pros... then, of course, I realised it would be far smarter for me to get a MacBook Pro instead. Nowhere near as light, of course, but I had the assurance of it being able to do everything I wanted. However, now that my thesis is finished (yay!) I'm thinking I'll buy an iLiad 2nd hand anyway - I do rather like them, and I think it'll get as much use as a portable web-tablet around the house as an e-book reader, as well. So I'm just going to keep an eye on the flea market...