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firekat · 12-05-2006, 11:32 AM

Village Reader,

Good point, but I would have to say even as a reader the device is a disappointment other than that it has a good display - except for the ghosting, which is still present in the iRex reader software.

The thing is that just for reading the device still comes up short. Boot time is still painfully long, page turns are long, bookmarks are not supported, it is difficult and requires much playing with source files to get them to read comfortably, and other things as well. Is it marginally functional? Yes, I will give you that.

Since they built the device with the capability of advanced functions then they should work. Wireless, sound, pen enabled touch screen capability are all installed on the device and the reason that a number of people bought the device versus just waiting for the Sony Reader. Having these funtions available and not running is a waste of time and resources and money. I paid for this stuff and it will really be nice to see it un-hobbled and up and running some time in the near future.

I understand that everything takes time, but with the lack of news from iRex, the sporadic & infrequent release of firmware updates which are usually with miniscule increments in functionality and/or improvements, it really gives one concern and pause for the investment that they made.

12-05-2006, 11:32 AM	#8
firekat Groupie Posts: 157 Karma: 314 Join Date: May 2006	Village Reader, Good point, but I would have to say even as a reader the device is a disappointment other than that it has a good display - except for the ghosting, which is still present in the iRex reader software. The thing is that just for reading the device still comes up short. Boot time is still painfully long, page turns are long, bookmarks are not supported, it is difficult and requires much playing with source files to get them to read comfortably, and other things as well. Is it marginally functional? Yes, I will give you that. Since they built the device with the capability of advanced functions then they should work. Wireless, sound, pen enabled touch screen capability are all installed on the device and the reason that a number of people bought the device versus just waiting for the Sony Reader. Having these funtions available and not running is a waste of time and resources and money. I paid for this stuff and it will really be nice to see it un-hobbled and up and running some time in the near future. I understand that everything takes time, but with the lack of news from iRex, the sporadic & infrequent release of firmware updates which are usually with miniscule increments in functionality and/or improvements, it really gives one concern and pause for the investment that they made. Last edited by firekat; 12-05-2006 at 11:35 AM.