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Originally Posted by HarryT
The Sony is a completely different device, aimed at a different market. It's not a generic Android device. You can't install apps on it.
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Ah, but installing apps is not the primary functionality and use of the GER13.3, but a side benefit of its architecture.
Both are marketed as a 13.3" eReader and note taking / annotation device, and trying to break into a nice market already supplied by a major manufacturer with an implementation that's not as well refined (and is a Nettronix device, actually) is verrrrry risky. The major manufacturer can put you out of business in a day, happens all the time.
The key innovation with a device like this is the
software: It has to be novel, faster, and more use-able than the Sony, and this easily demonstrated to the technical/legal/medical consumer, who is the primary market for a device like this.
Android apps run better on a tablet, and the broad consumer base wants color, animations, and speed, all things that are missing on eReader devices like this. App compatibility should be dropped and focus put on trimming the OS down to the bare minimum, and optimizing it, and working on "interim" animations to prevent the swirl of eInk refresh that accompanies zooming currently on this device.