Quote:
Originally Posted by MobileTechReview
We'll post photos and a video later today on MobileTechReview. We may actually end up doing several videos since the Irex is sufficiently different from the known quantities here in the US (Kindle, Nook, Sony). Sorry for the US-centric thing, but that's where we're based.
There is no web browser per se, the browser powers the "ebookmall" which has links to B&N and NewspaperDirect at the moment. Hope they add more since the PC version of ebookmall also has Diesel Books, Feedbooks and Many Books. B&N and NewspaperDirect detect the mobile browser and serve a mobile-optimized version of their sites.
Does anyone use NewspaperDirect? I've used it on my desktop computer where you can do some reading for free, but the version for the Irex requires that you pay for any issue you want to read. That's understandable, but the prices are certainly high compared to Amazon, Sony and B&N (sometimes $2 for a newspaper single issue).
|
...but the newspapers are substantially better than the others: You get the "newspaper look" and the reflow version. You decide whether to zoom in our just read the reflown text. Totally different experience.
Unfortunately, for me in Germany it's not really interesting because it lacks all the major local newspapers. Other users said the same about Hungary and other European countries. For the US it should be fine though.