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bazmi · 12-16-2008, 03:35 PM

hi all,

its been about three weeks since i got my DR1000s. so with some experience in using it now, wanted to posts some opinions, issues, questions, suggestions etc.

overall, the screen is just fantastic - the size and resolution is awesome. and as it supports 16 grayscales, even photos in magazines, newspapers look quite good.

fbreader and press reader makes the device useful..

now some beefs:

the ergonomics is bad - the keys are exactly at the places you would want to hold and handle the device (at the middle of sides). as they are touch buttons, really keep touching them unintentionally. the buttons at the bottom are awful in placement if you try to write. again, unintentional touch will activate them. you can of course disable them but that defeats the purpose of having the buttons. and if you have full screen and disabled the bottom buttons, then a reset is the only answer.

the charging is at the bottom which makes it difficult to charge it while reading it

as the device is hardly priced for the mass market, why skimp on processor or memory. way too slow.

pdf engine is only good for single pages all text and even then it is slow compared to press reader. desperately need a good pdf reader

the write pad is really useless. my n800 with xournal is far far more useful. desperately needed

the battery life is very poor. again, my n800 (and multiple zauruses before that) woiuld last days before recharging.

boot and shutdown times are very slow. and no way to have it in standby. - does anybody know if the screen can be left with a page on display or should the device be shutdown everytime?

the device has a lot of promise but i dont know how much of it is due to the fact that it is intial and buggy software version (which would be ok as then it can improve) and how much inherent in the design choices (processor, memory size, battery capacity) in which case no amount of tweaking will help.

in the current version, formatting of SD cards dont work - all cards, regardless of capacity get formatted as 1 gb. need to format them separately before they work. also, only fat32 seem to be supported. no ext3.

the carrying case is thick and ugly leather. would be nice to have just a very thin and strong cover for the screen. why would the back need protecting?

if iRex looks at this post, here is my wish - i would be glad to pay even more but please dont skimp on the device capability.

cheers,

/bazmi.

12-16-2008, 03:35 PM	#1
bazmi Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: zurich, switzerland Device: irex dr 1000s, sony prs 700, 505, iliad BE. N800, SL6000, SL3200...	iRexDR1000s experiences and wish lists hi all, its been about three weeks since i got my DR1000s. so with some experience in using it now, wanted to posts some opinions, issues, questions, suggestions etc. overall, the screen is just fantastic - the size and resolution is awesome. and as it supports 16 grayscales, even photos in magazines, newspapers look quite good. fbreader and press reader makes the device useful.. now some beefs: the ergonomics is bad - the keys are exactly at the places you would want to hold and handle the device (at the middle of sides). as they are touch buttons, really keep touching them unintentionally. the buttons at the bottom are awful in placement if you try to write. again, unintentional touch will activate them. you can of course disable them but that defeats the purpose of having the buttons. and if you have full screen and disabled the bottom buttons, then a reset is the only answer. the charging is at the bottom which makes it difficult to charge it while reading it as the device is hardly priced for the mass market, why skimp on processor or memory. way too slow. pdf engine is only good for single pages all text and even then it is slow compared to press reader. desperately need a good pdf reader the write pad is really useless. my n800 with xournal is far far more useful. desperately needed the battery life is very poor. again, my n800 (and multiple zauruses before that) woiuld last days before recharging. boot and shutdown times are very slow. and no way to have it in standby. - does anybody know if the screen can be left with a page on display or should the device be shutdown everytime? the device has a lot of promise but i dont know how much of it is due to the fact that it is intial and buggy software version (which would be ok as then it can improve) and how much inherent in the design choices (processor, memory size, battery capacity) in which case no amount of tweaking will help. in the current version, formatting of SD cards dont work - all cards, regardless of capacity get formatted as 1 gb. need to format them separately before they work. also, only fat32 seem to be supported. no ext3. the carrying case is thick and ugly leather. would be nice to have just a very thin and strong cover for the screen. why would the back need protecting? if iRex looks at this post, here is my wish - i would be glad to pay even more but please dont skimp on the device capability. cheers, /bazmi.