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LDBoblo · 01-11-2010, 03:07 PM

It'd be interesting to see just how students would use these things realistically. I would have killed for even the 7" first-gen eeePC netbook with crappy battery life when I was in university, but an ebook reader? Definitely not.

Perhaps the Boox is completely different, but every attempt I've seen or tried with stylus input with an ebook reader has been horribly slow and low-res, and the most complex "notes" have been vague circles and underlines, or the word "hello" in huge letters. That's such a joke for anything approaching academic needs.

Edit: Just watched some videos of the Boox with the stylus input. Nope, it's not completely different.

01-11-2010, 03:07 PM	#8
LDBoblo Wizard Posts: 1,385 Karma: 16056 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Asia Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Sony PRS-505	It'd be interesting to see just how students would use these things realistically. I would have killed for even the 7" first-gen eeePC netbook with crappy battery life when I was in university, but an ebook reader? Definitely not. Perhaps the Boox is completely different, but every attempt I've seen or tried with stylus input with an ebook reader has been horribly slow and low-res, and the most complex "notes" have been vague circles and underlines, or the word "hello" in huge letters. That's such a joke for anything approaching academic needs. Edit: Just watched some videos of the Boox with the stylus input. Nope, it's not completely different. Last edited by LDBoblo; 01-11-2010 at 03:29 PM.