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Originally Posted by porkupan
Wow, you're right! That's pretty bad, using a 5 year old microprocessor, not recommended for new designs, in a "brand new" device. Well, perhaps they are using one of the newer Freescale modifications of MX-1...
Sounds like they are trying to come up with a super basic ebook reader (maybe only LRF/X and EPUB support, no PDF). Something real cheap so they don't even need to sell content to make money.
I don't know how they are planning to compete with Netronix and Jinke with their armies of clones in that space.
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I have to admit, I didn't do more than skim through the linked manuals and I don't know if there were any dates associated with these manuals, but wouldn't it be ironic (since the technology seems to be outdated) if these were drafts of manuals for a pre-500 or pre-505 (or even pre-700) prototype model they were toying with but discarded as a final design; and they were dug up from some deep, dark archive and released (or leaked) by some sly soul for grins and giggles, and they have no semblance to the actual next generation reader that
might be coming our way?
(Tongue-in-cheek, grain of salt, and the Twilight Zone tune playing in the background . . . )
No, I guess not. Just playing games in my head. Never mind.