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Originally Posted by fgdas
You can't be serious. PocketBook CAD and Icarus are not happening. Vaporware.
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Icarus just completes the picture. As far Pocketbook it was useful for me to see it in comparison, and so I then checked up the spec and saw its battery characteristics. Good ones. I have also learned from the spec that it is supposed to have 3G. And this is a very useful stuff, much more useful for me than wi-fi, since I would not wish to use wi-fi everywhere. Now the battery may suppose that Pocketbook may have some good software running, though I do not needs its function of CAD. So, I basically need it for reading, and annotations and other text work. I was able to learn that it has mini HDMI (turning the ereader easy into a second monitor, if I am not mistaken), and also not only mini USB, but also USB port (which supposed makes it good for any usb keyboard). It also has g-sensor. So, if it is manufactured quite soon, I'll have to do some choosing between ONYX and Pocketbook. Taking into account that Pocketbook is supposed to have Capacitive multi-sensor (which Onyx does not have) and Wacom support.
Sony seems to support both finger support and stylus, which is good. It has low capacity battery, but here is what wiki says: "Maximum Battery Wi-Fi Off: 3 weeks Wi-Fi On: 2 weeks". The PDF is ultimately not a huge problem, if the Sony processes the documents, let's say, quicker the ONYX. Because it is not a problem for me to use Calibre, though it is time taking. However, the benefits are that it supports finger touch and stylus. And if the stylus work (according to the latest stylus firmware update) is better than in Onyx, and the general build and software of the famous Sony company is better than that of Onyx, well I will have to think carefully before I make my puchase. Sony also has the support for the external cards.
So, I am looking forward to see what the Onyx can finally come up with, to see if it is really more advance than the Sony's quality (I would wish to read some comparison), and whether the final price of Pocketbook (if it appears in the nearest time) will be reasonable. In the past Pocketbook positioned the Pocketbook Flex at around $700, and later there were some figures around $1000 euro, which would make it cost higher than the price at which I would wish it to buy.