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henkvdg · 11-24-2006, 11:59 AM

I feel more of an owner of the iLiad now, since I can do more with the iLiad then just what Irex offers.

I think Irex has done the right thing to give people real access. And surely they will profit from what others produce software-wise.

The market fill find out what the best software is.

As the iLiad is primarily a reading device, it will do best when it is possible to read all kinds of books and other documents (especially office-docs) on it.

Furthermore, the iLiad has the ability to write on. Irex should use this as an advantage over other (less costly) readers by supplying an Irex or 3rd party editor/ word processor to create and edit and read popular document formats (besides scribbling on read-only documents).

Another advantage is the networking capability. By now it should be possible to send documents to an iLiad, by using an e-mail addres like:
user.domain.countrycode@ids.com in which the first part is the complete email addres as known at Irex, whereby the @ is converted to a "." (not completely watertight, but will do). The document should then appear in a "Mail" folder on the iLiad with the sender and mail message probably in a manifest file. Maybe there are better ways to accomplish that.

You could send files etcetera via a web-interface (to a normal e-mail address via IDS to the iLiad) and also see if the receiver got the files from the server or not (yet) or recieve an automatic confirmation by mail to the sender.

Irex or the user community could start with a free Newsletter over IDS, to test subscription via the IDS system and to get users accustomed to this mechanism.

Using the iLiad to connect to the own PC is on the to-do list, I understand.

Another application could be to connect 2 iLiad wirelessly to exchange data-files or to scibble on each other's screen remotely (chat). Would be nice in meetings !!! but it could drain batteries fast.

What I would like very much too is a PIM (Personal Information Manager) for appointments, addresses, phone numbers etc.

I get carried away, my 5 cts becomes more of a wish list now.
I will stop here.

11-24-2006, 11:59 AM	#5
henkvdg Groupie Posts: 180 Karma: 66830 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: IREX iLiad, Pocketbook Pro 903	I feel more of an owner now. I feel more of an owner of the iLiad now, since I can do more with the iLiad then just what Irex offers. I think Irex has done the right thing to give people real access. And surely they will profit from what others produce software-wise. The market fill find out what the best software is. As the iLiad is primarily a reading device, it will do best when it is possible to read all kinds of books and other documents (especially office-docs) on it. Furthermore, the iLiad has the ability to write on. Irex should use this as an advantage over other (less costly) readers by supplying an Irex or 3rd party editor/ word processor to create and edit and read popular document formats (besides scribbling on read-only documents). Another advantage is the networking capability. By now it should be possible to send documents to an iLiad, by using an e-mail addres like: user.domain.countrycode@ids.com in which the first part is the complete email addres as known at Irex, whereby the @ is converted to a "." (not completely watertight, but will do). The document should then appear in a "Mail" folder on the iLiad with the sender and mail message probably in a manifest file. Maybe there are better ways to accomplish that. You could send files etcetera via a web-interface (to a normal e-mail address via IDS to the iLiad) and also see if the receiver got the files from the server or not (yet) or recieve an automatic confirmation by mail to the sender. Irex or the user community could start with a free Newsletter over IDS, to test subscription via the IDS system and to get users accustomed to this mechanism. Using the iLiad to connect to the own PC is on the to-do list, I understand. Another application could be to connect 2 iLiad wirelessly to exchange data-files or to scibble on each other's screen remotely (chat). Would be nice in meetings !!! but it could drain batteries fast. What I would like very much too is a PIM (Personal Information Manager) for appointments, addresses, phone numbers etc. I get carried away, my 5 cts becomes more of a wish list now. I will stop here. Last edited by henkvdg; 11-25-2006 at 10:53 AM.