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pdam · 09-11-2006, 04:44 AM

Yep 2.6.1 for me. The views in this thread hopefully aren't negative, we all have a vested interest, they are critical as we all have a view about the direction for improvement for the Iliad.

Another interesting aside - When I show the device to people - the hardest thing for them to overcome is the fact that the "screen" is different. It is hard to break away from what they know screens to be ("why isn't it backlit?", "when will it have colour and moving images?", "but I don't like reading on a screen" etc) - I agree with CommanderROR that it does take about a day, and a fair bit of actual reading, to get used to the device ... I'm already on my 3rd book!

09-11-2006, 04:44 AM	#14
pdam Groupie Posts: 199 Karma: 100 Join Date: Aug 2006 Device: iLiad, iPaq, Psion5&7, Blackberry	Yep 2.6.1 for me. The views in this thread hopefully aren't negative, we all have a vested interest, they are critical as we all have a view about the direction for improvement for the Iliad. Another interesting aside - When I show the device to people - the hardest thing for them to overcome is the fact that the "screen" is different. It is hard to break away from what they know screens to be ("why isn't it backlit?", "when will it have colour and moving images?", "but I don't like reading on a screen" etc) - I agree with CommanderROR that it does take about a day, and a fair bit of actual reading, to get used to the device ... I'm already on my 3rd book! Last edited by pdam; 09-11-2006 at 07:34 AM.