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CommanderROR · 06-17-2006, 10:02 AM

I'm with you on almost all counts...

but...

A price increase of 50$ is negligible...I can live with that if it gives me 200Mhz and some more RAM...these things could always come in handy...

Loading the Linux Kernel takes time...ok...that's a problem. The advantage is, that 3r party devs could make readers and maybe een other softare for the device. The Hanlins already have a built-in calender, something i really like to see, and I don't think they need much more software, but new formats for ebooks emerge (there is still no standard in sight), so having an open platform seems a pretty good idea...

Battery Life is Halved??? That's bad news of course. However, I'm not sure whethe this will really happen. The V2 isn't finished even now, so maybe they'll get that working in time...I certainly hope so.

Viewing PDF on a small screen is bad? No way! If PDF Files are properly done, then they should work on any screen-size. Illustrations, technical Diagrams and stuff like that are of course not very "scaleable", but many books come in PDF format, so I wouldn't exclude that.

Also:
The V2 is our only option here in western Europe and in the US as well probably. We can't easily get a V8, even if we want to. We also would have to "hack" the devices firmware to properly display German (or even english) text. The Conversion Software and "Wolf-Printer" don't work properly on non-chinese machinees (several people here have tried it), so I'm not sure the V8 could become a viable alternative here, at least not in the near future.

Thanks for your input and please continue contributing to this Community. Any Input from actual owners of eink devices is greatly apprecaited!!!

06-17-2006, 10:02 AM	#15
CommanderROR eink fanatic Posts: 2,022 Karma: 4924 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Germany Device: STAReBOOK, iRex Iliad, Sony 505, Kindle 2	I'm with you on almost all counts... but... A price increase of 50$ is negligible...I can live with that if it gives me 200Mhz and some more RAM...these things could always come in handy... Loading the Linux Kernel takes time...ok...that's a problem. The advantage is, that 3r party devs could make readers and maybe een other softare for the device. The Hanlins already have a built-in calender, something i really like to see, and I don't think they need much more software, but new formats for ebooks emerge (there is still no standard in sight), so having an open platform seems a pretty good idea... Battery Life is Halved??? That's bad news of course. However, I'm not sure whethe this will really happen. The V2 isn't finished even now, so maybe they'll get that working in time...I certainly hope so. Viewing PDF on a small screen is bad? No way! If PDF Files are properly done, then they should work on any screen-size. Illustrations, technical Diagrams and stuff like that are of course not very "scaleable", but many books come in PDF format, so I wouldn't exclude that. Also: The V2 is our only option here in western Europe and in the US as well probably. We can't easily get a V8, even if we want to. We also would have to "hack" the devices firmware to properly display German (or even english) text. The Conversion Software and "Wolf-Printer" don't work properly on non-chinese machinees (several people here have tried it), so I'm not sure the V8 could become a viable alternative here, at least not in the near future. Thanks for your input and please continue contributing to this Community. Any Input from actual owners of eink devices is greatly apprecaited!!!