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Originally Posted by CommanderROR
@Janus in particular and everybody else too...
I think iRex misled us...by making us think they could acutally do software...
Their Hardware design is OK, it offers lots of possibilities. their Software team seems to be learning as they go along.
I have no clue when it comes to programming and I'll be the first to admit it, but I don't write software for a complicated mobile device either...
I'm angry, and it takes a lot to make me angry...I'll post again tomorrow when I can think a bit more clearly again.
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I think CommanderROR hit the nail on the head here.
The iliad hardware and industrial design is quite good. Im thinking here of the main unit, without the 'crutch' of the USB and Ethernet wart (given the built-in WiFi if we had software that let you download to cf/mmc/usb cards using http/ftp/smbclient this wart would just be needed for charging and could even be replaced by a simple connector from the power supply). The main unit is easy to hold without getting fingers on the screen, the flip-bar works well and they have come up with a reasonable feeling surface finish (not an easy task).
iRex clearly underestimated the software effort. Maybe they fell into a trap of 'we can just download and use the open-source code', without considering that you need sufficient in-house software people to make that actually work well. (I could see people with a primarily hardware background falling into this trap really easily)
I just hope they release the code and SDK soon. That and the ability to markup pdfs.
Mark