Hands-on with the iRex iLiad

[CommanderROR]

Let's see what tomorrow might bring.

I'm really hoping it'll happen...^^
The question is: on launch day, whenever that might be...will they open the webshop straight away in the morning, or just anytime during the day?

[anansi]

Henrique can you tells us if the illiad already has, or is planned to have .odf (opendocument ) format support, (if in doubt try creating something using openoffice to test it (this would be a major feature since odf is being proposed as an international standard , including a eu directive

(oh and on a sidenote im also from portugal (I would be asking this in portuguese but if think that would be rude to all the non-portuguese speaking people in here ) do you know if any arrangements have been made for a portuguese distribuitor for the illiad (its not just for the ordering but I would like to have a nice close place to go to should I ever need the warranty (that and I have gut feeling fnac is not exactly going to start canibalizing their book sales by selling the illiad and chip7 is usually dog slow on getting the newer stuff (well not so much as slow as expensive as hell )

Obrigado por qualquer info

[CommanderROR]

I don't think that such a reader is available at the moment, but with openoffice being open source, developing one shouldn't be a problem.

As soon as the Iliad is actuall available I suggest we open a new subforum tagged "Developers corner" where we can have request and release threads concering new software for the Iliad.
Or maybe we should wait until the linux OS on the Iliad is at least beta-worthy...^^

But first iRex has to release the device...and that brings us full circle back to where we started...

[The GreatGonzo]

To bring up a minor yet vital issue...

I live in the US - if I order my Iliad from Belgium, will I be able to
charge it from a US power outlet? Will there be power plugs that
fit? Adapters? What about current? Does anybody know?

[yokos]

I live in the US - if I order my Iliad from Belgium, will I be able to
charge it from a US power outlet? Will there be power plugs that
fit? Adapters? What about current?

You will need just need an adapter [US & Europe have not the same connectors]. Transformators can handle different frequencies.

[LittleTalker]

Originally Posted by anansi

Henrique can you tells us if the illiad already has, or is planned to have .odf (opendocument ) format support

I would be nice to have native support for .odf, but at least we can use the great PDF exporting capabilities of openoffice to read such documents with the iLiad.

[Riocaz]

actually I would assume (and hope) that if they intend to sell to other countries they will provide the right cords and connectors to allow people to charge it without having to buy yet more stuff.

[vranghel]

Originally Posted by The GreatGonzo

To bring up a minor yet vital issue...

I live in the US - if I order my Iliad from Belgium, will I be able to
charge it from a US power outlet? Will there be power plugs that
fit? Adapters? What about current? Does anybody know?

Probably you will only need a connector. Usually the modern transformers such as cameras, mp3 players can deal with 100-240 V, so i'm assuming this will be the case with iLiad too.
So a cheap connector will do (hopefully)

[SerialAeon]

Hello,
I maybe missed this in the (numerous) posts on this exciting device, the Iliad. In the reader software available, is there some that can reformat the text according to the zoom factor (i.e. re-wrap the text nicely) ? And is there a way to use the device in landscape mode ? That would be just nice to gain some font size (well, I'm young, but my eyes are damaged by all the books and screen I stared at during my life ;-)

Aurelien

[Riocaz]

I don't know about zooming. But I do remember seeing a demo-shot with the Iliad in landscape mode.

[Henrycat]

I'm sending some more questions to find out if everything is going along ok, and about the power outlet question.

The portuguese publishers don't think the public wants a greyscale ebook reader. The price is also a big letdown although there ways to bring it down, they just aren't interested.

Se fores da zona de Lisboa ou Sintra diz qualquer coisa

The html reader allows zoom and re-wrapping of the text. It will depend of the viewers if they can use landscape.

The screen is quite big, and you can easily create a page layout with really big fonts (12-18points) and still have a good quantity of text.

Just make a word doc with the page size of the Iliad screen (12-16cm) to get a general idea

[CommanderROR]

Thanks Henrycat!

[Riocaz]

Indeed. Thanks for all the info. It's a shame Irex isn't so forthcoming.

[anansi]

yep sou de lisboa, anyone else from lisbon here, maybe we could get together to do a bulk order of illiads or contact a distributor to place a group purchase for us (chip7 while expensive does offer the bonus of an anti-theft insurance wich I have had the misfortune of having to use recently for my mp3 player but it still prevented an inconvenience from becoming a complete disaster, wich may be worth the extra money for a piece of equipment as expensive as the illiad (or my 500€ mp3 player )

[Adam]

I am pretty sure this has not come up. Henrycat do you know if the illiad comes with a warranty? This would be reasuring since the illiad will cost a lot.