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Originally Posted by ali
Boy, let's settle this. You are repeating the argument how happy you are with your Iliad, and how sufficient it is for you, as if Irex was your little sister that you have to defend and protect under all circumstances.
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I wasn't going to post but...
My main point is the the battery life of the Iliad has been known since the first units got shipped to consumers. Since then Irex have stated that they will attempt to improve the battery life through the firmware updates. And, although I haven't quantified it, I have seen this happen... As far as I can tell Irex have said they will continue to improve it. I see no reason to doubt this...
There are some problems with the device, but it appears that every thread on the Iliad touches on the battery problem at some point, even though this was known a long-time ago. It makes reading MobileRead.com very dull as each thread descends into complaining about battery life...
I used to read mobileread because I am interested in new expereinces, in new information. But lately the Iliad section carries nothing new. Just a constant rehash of the battery (and other) issues. I'm currently looking forward to 2.9, based on Irex's plans. But I know already what the mobileread crowd reaction will be...
Would I defend Irex like my "litte sister"...? Nope. Irex is just one company making e-ink products... At the moment I'm assuming that there will more e-readers in the future from them and others. And when I come to replace my (then) aging Iliad I will be doing it objectivly based of features/user experience...
And yep, I am happy with my Iliad. I find it very useful. And I realise that there is a vocal minority who aren't. Its just I'm not prepared to spend my time reading though all their posts...
And anyway, I think everyone (myself incl.) is taking this way more seriously then it is...