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Old 06-11-2010, 02:02 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by alexxxm View Post
Damn Irex, I was inches near to buying a DR800

But - I'm still tempted: there is simply no alternative for that form factor - Kindle DX aside which I do not like.

Of course buying one now I'll be on my own, so a bit of advice please:
how robust are these products - Irex in general and DR800 in particular? Any horror stories you heard about?
I'm not sure if they're actually available right now. I don't think BestBuy has them in stock, and from what I heard the DR800S is out of stock at most places in Europe as well.

Also, iRex isn't dead yet. The type of bankruptcy they filed for does not necessarily mean the end of the company (unless something new has happened today that I haven't heard about yet). For example, they've already released an updated RC2 for the 2.0 beta firmware since they declared Chapter 11. It's certainly not good news right now, but they're not at the point of liquidating the company, etc.
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