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The iLiad is slower at page turns than the DR1000. The potential of WiFi was never fully exploited on the iLiad. Unless you have an application you know works via its WiFi connection don't assume it will work. For example, iRex never released a web browser for the iLiad. There is quite a bit of 3rd party software for the iLiad, but it has to be Linux software designed for very resource-poor devices. This tends to mean older software packages. Still functional, but not necessarily what you might expect if coming from the compute heavy desktop world.
The DR1000S has less 3rd party software, but it can typically support more modern and feature-rich software.
If the iLiad can do what you want, there are still very few real alternatives out there. Its nearest competitor probably is the DR1000S. One thing to be aware of is that the iLiad has no suspend mode, and takes ~45 seconds to boot. So given the ~12 hr battery life you should think about how you will use it. Will you leave it on all day and charge it overnight, or turn it off after each use and live with the long boot time.
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