First Video of Digital Reader... - Page 2

RCR · 09-24-2008, 05:17 PM

All those flashing lights - why? I don't want a light to flash whenever I turn a page -so irritating!

And the big page-turn buttons on the side - too easy to squeeze accidentally. When the interviewer hands the device to the marketing manager, he triggers off page turns.

And when he applies the drop-test - what a pathetic tinny sound! I want to hear a good solid thump when I throw my Reader to the floor.

NatCh · 09-24-2008, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by RCR

All those flashing lights - why? I don't want a light to flash whenever I turn a page -so irritating!

To let you know that you've pressed the button successfully, I think. Something somewhere mentioned a visual cue that the button presses had taken.

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Originally Posted by RCR

And the big page-turn buttons on the side - too easy to squeeze accidentally. When the interviewer hands the device to the marketing manager, he triggers off page turns.

I'm actually liking the buttons, so far. They're big enough to be easy to hit, but they aren't the entire length of each side like the Kindle ones, so there's space to hold onto the thing that isn't button.

Gogolo · 09-24-2008, 05:55 PM

Good observations, fellows!

- The drop test ended in screen crash (the Interviewer had to laugh). Drop test was a bad idea! Screen stability IS still a issue

- The touch buttons are predestinated for random clicking (something that already with iLiad was disturbing).

- page turn seems slow, although pdf opening was very fast.

Gogolo

timezone · 09-24-2008, 08:33 PM

Has iRex lost their marbles? What were they thinking with the "Please wait" crap? Anytime you send a message to the screen processing slows down. On a normal PC screen I can programmatically read a file displaying each row on the screen and it will take five times the amount of time to process than not displaying on the screen. Now you take a screen that is slower than a PC to refresh and even a short message increases time.

Lets say for arguments sake turning a page took a number of minutes. Then I might appreciate the message. It is telling me the processor is working, not hung up and please be patient. When the delay is of little significance why, please why add a forced delay by sending a message to the screen. This is just plain stupid. Very stupid!

timezone · 09-24-2008, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by RCR

All those flashing lights - why? I don't want a light to flash whenever I turn a page -so irritating!

And the big page-turn buttons on the side - too easy to squeeze accidentally. When the interviewer hands the device to the marketing manager, he triggers off page turns.

I missed the flashing lights, ugh! Maybe they have a user defined setting to turn it off. Just hope it doesn't turn on Lara's Theme every time there is a page turn.

Big page turn buttons - Either they are jealous of the Kindle, they want to be an OEM for Amazon or they want people to complain about the design to create buzz which may circle us back to being jealous of the Kindle.

tribble · 09-25-2008, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by timezone

Lets say for arguments sake turning a page took a number of minutes. Then I might appreciate the message. It is telling me the processor is working, not hung up and please be patient.

Its only showing up, when there is a delay. In normal usage i have not seen pageflips to cause this message to show up.

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Originally Posted by timezone

I missed the flashing lights, ugh! Maybe they have a user defined setting to turn it off.

Yes, there is.

Gogolo · 09-25-2008, 04:40 AM

Tribble, will you be able to make a little video review today? Would be great!

How is the handling of the device (especially the touch buttons)?

Is the multiple documents function working fast? (taking notes, switching to other documents)

How is battery life?

Thanks very much for some impressions!

Gogolo

zerospinboson · 09-25-2008, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

Something is buggy about the page caching on the iLiad, though, because sometimes it slows down for very ordinary pages....

yup. even on white pages i have seen it happen (although it almost never happens with PDFs containing text, only on unOCR'd scans)

alanine · 09-25-2008, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by zerospinboson

yup. even on white pages i have seen it happen (although it almost never happens with PDFs containing text, only on unOCR'd scans)

If it looks like mostly text, but still painfully slow, then It's very likely an issue that I mentioned in this thread.

Shaggy · 09-25-2008, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by tribble

Its only showing up, when there is a delay. In normal usage i have not seen pageflips to cause this message to show up.

Maybe only if it hasn't finished rendering/caching the page yet? Most of the time the next page should be cached before you flip to it.

mvoosten · 09-29-2008, 04:59 PM

Check out the last 5-10 seconds of this movie at the end of the review (with the ceo of Irex)... sure you can drop it.. ooops broken screen...

http://www.ebookreaders.nl/irex_digi...er_1000_review

junkyardwillie · 10-01-2008, 04:12 PM

The interviewer stopped laughing at the end when they charged him for the device. Cold Blooded

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09-24-2008, 05:17 PM	#16
RCR Addict Posts: 334 Karma: 992487 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: 2 x Sony 505, iPad, Samsung 7 Tablet, ASUS Transformer, Nexus 7	All those flashing lights - why? I don't want a light to flash whenever I turn a page -so irritating! And the big page-turn buttons on the side - too easy to squeeze accidentally. When the interviewer hands the device to the marketing manager, he triggers off page turns. And when he applies the drop-test - what a pathetic tinny sound! I want to hear a good solid thump when I throw my Reader to the floor.

09-24-2008, 05:55 PM	#18
Gogolo Addict Posts: 353 Karma: 92 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: DR1000S, Nook ST (rooted), Kobo Aura one (ksm)	Good observations, fellows! - The drop test ended in screen crash (the Interviewer had to laugh). Drop test was a bad idea! Screen stability IS still a issue - The touch buttons are predestinated for random clicking (something that already with iLiad was disturbing). - page turn seems slow, although pdf opening was very fast. Gogolo

09-24-2008, 08:33 PM	#19
timezone Addict Posts: 244 Karma: 1232 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Boston, MA Device: Windows Phone7, Kindle Fire	Has iRex lost their marbles? What were they thinking with the "Please wait" crap? Anytime you send a message to the screen processing slows down. On a normal PC screen I can programmatically read a file displaying each row on the screen and it will take five times the amount of time to process than not displaying on the screen. Now you take a screen that is slower than a PC to refresh and even a short message increases time. Lets say for arguments sake turning a page took a number of minutes. Then I might appreciate the message. It is telling me the processor is working, not hung up and please be patient. When the delay is of little significance why, please why add a forced delay by sending a message to the screen. This is just plain stupid. Very stupid!

09-25-2008, 04:40 AM	#22
Gogolo Addict Posts: 353 Karma: 92 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: DR1000S, Nook ST (rooted), Kobo Aura one (ksm)	Tribble, will you be able to make a little video review today? Would be great! How is the handling of the device (especially the touch buttons)? Is the multiple documents function working fast? (taking notes, switching to other documents) How is battery life? Thanks very much for some impressions! Gogolo

09-29-2008, 04:59 PM	#26
mvoosten Zealot Posts: 128 Karma: 41 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Hanlin V3	Check out the last 5-10 seconds of this movie at the end of the review (with the ceo of Irex)... sure you can drop it.. ooops broken screen... http://www.ebookreaders.nl/irex_digi...er_1000_review

10-01-2008, 04:12 PM	#27
junkyardwillie Addict Posts: 316 Karma: 570 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Onyx Note Pro, Kobo H20 and iPad	The interviewer stopped laughing at the end when they charged him for the device. Cold Blooded