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Old 03-14-2009, 08:59 AM   #41
Gertjan
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Device: Irex DR800S, DR1000S, iLiad
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Originally Posted by tompe View Post
As I understand the SDK from iRex is limited in a way that makes it unnecessary hard to develop applications.
This may have been true for the iLiad, but not for DR1000. I should mention that I am employed by iRex so I'm bias. That said, building applications for DR1000 (iOn) can't be much easier. GTK-based applications just need to be compiled with the toolchain, and for more integration, API with documentation are provided.

I know that big players like Nokia and Google attract quite a lot of attention from developers, but for smaller companies it is not that obvious. Sure I hope that they pull it off. More open source programs for ereaders will benefit all users and is good for everyone in the business (who adopt OSS).
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