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folecr · 02-17-2009, 05:41 PM

Is it appropriate to design an "ideal" book reader on these forums? Every reader I've seen today sucks (imho.)

I'd like to just list out every reasonable feature that I would like... combine it with other features that others would like and then have something like a list that hopefully Amazon, Apple, Sony, Acer or whoever could just take and make into a device. With some reasonable price ceiling.

Something like :

- $900 price point
- 300 dpi display
- 4 shades of gray
- 9" diagonal screen, 17:22 aspect ratio
- continuous display of text or *no-flicker* turning of pages
- micro-SD card supporting SDHC
- Wi-fi
- html support + basic web browser
- PDF display
- plain text display
- JPEG display
- PNG display
- Only basic buttons (ie no hardware keyboard)
- Bluetooth support for optional external wireless keyboard
- 10 hour battery life

I know... I know ... it seems ridiculous but I'd like to see what comes of it. Iff such a thread is appropriate.

02-17-2009, 05:41 PM	#1
folecr Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: none	Design an ideal book reader? Is it appropriate to design an "ideal" book reader on these forums? Every reader I've seen today sucks (imho.) I'd like to just list out every reasonable feature that I would like... combine it with other features that others would like and then have something like a list that hopefully Amazon, Apple, Sony, Acer or whoever could just take and make into a device. With some reasonable price ceiling. Something like : - $900 price point - 300 dpi display - 4 shades of gray - 9" diagonal screen, 17:22 aspect ratio - continuous display of text or no-flicker turning of pages - micro-SD card supporting SDHC - Wi-fi - html support + basic web browser - PDF display - plain text display - JPEG display - PNG display - Only basic buttons (ie no hardware keyboard) - Bluetooth support for optional external wireless keyboard - 10 hour battery life I know... I know ... it seems ridiculous but I'd like to see what comes of it. Iff such a thread is appropriate.