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Originally Posted by FutureBSD
@mgmueller
You do have both devices.
How would you describe the speed of the display on both devices?
Do you may have a comparison video of that?
Because what impressed me most on the DR800S was the speed of the display. I don't know if I'd like to miss that :-)
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And what I also like about the DR800S is the design. It's slim and nearly just display. That's a part that I don't like at the iLiad. It's to much "plastic" or "aluminum" (whatever it is). How are the DR800S + iLiad compared by thickness? A friend of mine (who has a Sony 505) told me that the first generation of iRex (I'm not sure if he was talking about the iLiad) have been pretty thick. Is that true?
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iLiad is no plastic at all. I always thought of it as the "engineer's unit". Very rugged and stable. It looks very "professional"; but it's clearly not als "elegant" as the Sony units. iRex 800 is closer to Sony, but not quite there yet (just talking about design, not about functionality).
Spec says: iLiad = 16mm; 800 = 10,7mm. This seems about right.
But I've never considered iLiad bulky.
In brief:
iLiad:
Pros:
- Extremely advanced OS (renaming files on the fly, adding comment on the fly, "intelligent" zoom, scribbling onto PDFs, ...)
- Dictionary support (via Mobipocket).
- Lots of 3rd party applications.
- Mine came with a very rigid pouch. Not sure, whether they still are available.
Cons:
- No more firmware updates, no ePUP support.
- Design a little bit less stylish than some others.
- No standby. Didn't trouble me too much, I never turned it off. But depends on reading habits of course.
800:
Pros:
- Very fast in turning pages.
- Stylish and efficient.
Cons:
- No intelligent zoom (yet?), no scribbling onto PDFs (yet?), no renaming or adding comments, no dictionary support (yet?).
- Stylus can't be inserted in the reader itself.
- "Ugly" cover (hoping for M-Edge or other 3rd party).
There are other "Pros" (no glare, flipbar, very responsive touchscreen, folder support, ...). But those apply to both units and I only wanted to compare to each other, not to other readers in the market.
iRex 800 is a bit faster. But iLiad's speed is okay, never did trouble me.
If I only compare readers at the momentary status, iLiad still would be my choice. But being the new reader and having full support and attention, I probably have to recommend iRex 800. Potential of iRex 800 definitely is way bigger.