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CommanderROR · 03-16-2007, 11:46 AM

@pdam

I am not going to take legal action myself, but I can understand those who will very well.
I would like iRex to succeed, but I can't see it on the horizon anymore.

The only hope I still had was that the new model would be better than the old one and that we would all get a chance for an upgrade and/or replacement.
The battery-upgrade is a farce in my opinon. No self-respecting customer should be happy with this, especially since the advertised gain with this battery is minimal. The little powersaving script k2r provided offers a better solution...
iRex should either withdraw completely from the consumer market and go play ball with their b2b customers...whoever that might be...or offer a proper solution to the current problems.

Honestly...which century are we living in? A device that is advertised as "low-power" has the processor and RAM running full speed all the time, a year after it is first launched. The neccessary software is there, the hardware to support it is there, but somehow it never gets implemented. Even with this "standard" powersaving option it should be possible to reach the advertised battery life. Suspend is not possible, I am very unhappy about this, but I know part of the reason (can't disclose, sorry) for this hardware error so I had a bit of sympathy. However, now we have the Iliad Model 2007, new battery and a few changes to the casing. If you are doing a redesign anyway, why not fix the most blatant mistake of all? Why not make use of one of the two main benefits of eink?

I must admit that I have finally given up on the Iliad and the company behind it. I had hoped that something could be done, some workaround, but it appears all is indeed lost, at least from my perspective. Mistakes can happen, but to consistently not fix them is just plain stupidity. No more, no less!
I sent a "goodbye" message to Angel Ancin yesterday and in the course of that also officially said "no thank you" to the still standing offer of "some form of compensation" for my efforts in "organizing" the first "beta-testers" for iRex. They had offered content or accessories (once either became available), but I don't really see the point anymore. They'll need every cent they can get for the troubles ahead.
I wish them the best of course, but I'm not sure they'll be going much further than this without a change in management...

03-16-2007, 11:46 AM	#99
CommanderROR eink fanatic Posts: 2,022 Karma: 4924 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Germany Device: STAReBOOK, iRex Iliad, Sony 505, Kindle 2	@pdam I am not going to take legal action myself, but I can understand those who will very well. I would like iRex to succeed, but I can't see it on the horizon anymore. The only hope I still had was that the new model would be better than the old one and that we would all get a chance for an upgrade and/or replacement. The battery-upgrade is a farce in my opinon. No self-respecting customer should be happy with this, especially since the advertised gain with this battery is minimal. The little powersaving script k2r provided offers a better solution... iRex should either withdraw completely from the consumer market and go play ball with their b2b customers...whoever that might be...or offer a proper solution to the current problems. Honestly...which century are we living in? A device that is advertised as "low-power" has the processor and RAM running full speed all the time, a year after it is first launched. The neccessary software is there, the hardware to support it is there, but somehow it never gets implemented. Even with this "standard" powersaving option it should be possible to reach the advertised battery life. Suspend is not possible, I am very unhappy about this, but I know part of the reason (can't disclose, sorry) for this hardware error so I had a bit of sympathy. However, now we have the Iliad Model 2007, new battery and a few changes to the casing. If you are doing a redesign anyway, why not fix the most blatant mistake of all? Why not make use of one of the two main benefits of eink? I must admit that I have finally given up on the Iliad and the company behind it. I had hoped that something could be done, some workaround, but it appears all is indeed lost, at least from my perspective. Mistakes can happen, but to consistently not fix them is just plain stupidity. No more, no less! I sent a "goodbye" message to Angel Ancin yesterday and in the course of that also officially said "no thank you" to the still standing offer of "some form of compensation" for my efforts in "organizing" the first "beta-testers" for iRex. They had offered content or accessories (once either became available), but I don't really see the point anymore. They'll need every cent they can get for the troubles ahead. I wish them the best of course, but I'm not sure they'll be going much further than this without a change in management...