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So - Riocaz - I only have one question for you. Have you actually volunteered to send your device back and asked for a refund?
I'm not going to fight you point by point. When I buy a product, I make sure it does what I want before I purchase it. I don't spend my money until it actually does what I am looking for. Maybe it's a question of when you purchased, and what you read prior. Personally, I knew exactly what I was getting when I placed my order. I was not disappointed.
There are things I wish worked better, but I have faith that they will in time. If they don't, I may be annoyed, but I realize that's part of that whole 'being a grown up' thing. You know, understanding that maybe I have some responsibility in the situation by jumping before I knew everything. This is why I read as much as I possibly can before I part with a large amount of money for a device and why I almost never buy a product before I've read the comments of those who actually had their hands on the device.
In any case, I have a different view, and that is that we have a device that is one of the best ebook readers out there right now, as is and one of the few that is not actively crippled by insisting on proprietary and DRM ridden formats that mean I can't read whatever I want on it.
That is what I bought, a good, easy to read, DRM-free, standard format capable E-book reader. Not an mp3 player, and not a sketchpad - I find the input works well enough for making notes on the pages, which is what I expected.
AND it's still being actively developed, with a fair amount of information as to what is coming provided by the company.
We also have a company who is active with the community and willing to help and share much more information than most companies do. Just look at how many products have Linux inside but have no information at all about that fact on their website... and will only grudgingly give a link to the GPL code if somebody figures it out and calls them on it.
The ILiad doesn't suck... and IRex isn't a bad company. I'm sorry you feel cheated. I suggest that you contact them and let them know you want to return your ILiad and get your money back - it was already established that legally you can do so.
For the other folks who are looking at / considering an ILiad, I suggest you do what was recommended to me, and what I did. Read up on what it can do, what it can't do, and then decide if it's worth it to you to get the features it has right now, because there is never any guarantee that any product will advance any further once you have it. Personally, I think if you are looking for a good ebook reader, it is worth it, but do the research yourself and then decide.
JayK
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