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CommanderROR · 06-20-2006, 06:56 PM

About Homebrew software...

I'm hoping very much that this will happen for both the Hanlin and the Iliad.

But:

to be of interest for programmers, a device needs to be at least moderately popular. The trouble is, that eink readers are actually losing popularity due to the numerous delays. If Jinke manages to get their Samples out at the end of June (meaning: sometime now...) and their distributers manage to quickly "regionalize" the devices (without breaking them...) so that it actually starts selling in August, together with the Sony Reader, and their SDK is good, then they might still captures some of the crowd. Many unpredictable factors there...
LEt's hope they do...

06-20-2006, 06:56 PM	#45
CommanderROR eink fanatic Posts: 2,022 Karma: 4924 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Germany Device: STAReBOOK, iRex Iliad, Sony 505, Kindle 2	About Homebrew software... I'm hoping very much that this will happen for both the Hanlin and the Iliad. But: to be of interest for programmers, a device needs to be at least moderately popular. The trouble is, that eink readers are actually losing popularity due to the numerous delays. If Jinke manages to get their Samples out at the end of June (meaning: sometime now...) and their distributers manage to quickly "regionalize" the devices (without breaking them...) so that it actually starts selling in August, together with the Sony Reader, and their SDK is good, then they might still captures some of the crowd. Many unpredictable factors there... LEt's hope they do...