in my opinion there are only two options for irex (in case they release a new hardware before the 'old' device works as advertised):
a) a full refund for iliad 1.0 user on return of the device
or
b) a free exchange of the 'old' iliad for the new model
this case will be a field day for any lawyer (my brother is a lawyer and he looked into this).
what do we have:
a) a device that should have been a fully functional 'consumer device' by september 2006 - they didn't keep that promise
b) a device that doesn't have one single spec that works as advertised in early 2006
i know that some guys over at engadget.com are following the development of the iliad very closely. if there really will be a 'v1.1' or 'v2.0' of the iliad with revised hardware (i'm almost certain that besides the new battery, they will include a 'suspend to whatever' with the new hardware for increased startup times and maybe a faster processor), they won't be very happy, since they have one or two iliads in the office and really like it. that will be bad publicity that irex doesn't need at this point.
but due to their complete lack of communication skills, i doubt that we will here from irex about the future of our 'old' iliads. i mean they promised to post some kind of roadmap for the software like 5 weeks ago. has anybody seen that?
i'm pissed, i'm unforgiving and i have a lawyer for a brother
i will wait for an official announcement from irex reg. new hardware and then i will demand one of the options from the top of my post or i will go after them.
now i will have a tea and try not to go on a killing spree
