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Originally Posted by mobelby
Hi Coldsun,
Trying real hard to decide and I've been struggling with the "e-ink is so much better than lcd" for a while now and playing with a 505 in waterstones did not make me feel that e-ink was paper.
Could you list exactly what apps/functions you'll be using your smartq for. That will help me quite a bit.
Thanks in advance
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Sure! Below is what I'll be using the device for, in order of highest priority to lowest:
1. Reading Ebooks
First and foremost I'll be using the FBReader application to read ebooks on the device.
2. Viewing PDFs
I'll use the device to view PDF files. Check this thread for some screenshots from Chippy showing it doing this quite nicely.
3. Internet
I'll use this in bed or when I watch TV to surf forums, twitter, chatting and other internet related tasks. By no means do I expect some super-duper web browser on this thing, and without flash I won't be seeing some pages I would like to see on my desktop/laptop, but honestly I'm not using this device for this.
4. Remote PC Access
Run Firefox and other internet applications remotely. Run mobipocket for DRMed books. There are many possibilities here. This might get technical for some folks so if you have an issue getting into techy part of things, you might want to bypass this.
5. Hacking the Device's OS
Replace the OS with Mer or another Linux distro and see what I can get running on this thing.
6. Possibly Buy a 2nd Device for Physical Modding
I like to custom paint my devices and do other cool mods. If I like the device enough I might buy a 2nd one to take apart and see what I can do to make it cooler.
Just to let you know, if I want a truly rich browser experience, I would just take my Macbook Pro or Dell XPS instead. So just to make it very clear - my main reason for buying this device is the form factor/backlight/screen size so I can read comfortably from home. The other things are just icing on the cake.