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There's an updates section. Last update was a week ago with Kozlowski blaming the manufacturer for not delivering their demo units...
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/t...ader/#/updates |
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Did you read the comment section? He shelled out $25,000 for the demo units to be made. Almost feel bad.
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One has to wonder how much market research was done before staring this project.
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Not so perfect reader, if it isn't 7+", and has exactly the same specs as the rest of them... Android is a horribly inefficient and power hungry operating system, way too advanced for ebook readers.
Some Linux kernels with support of upto 768MB of RAM, and no support for things like audio, cdrom, bluetooth, strange resolutions, etc... are probably a much better, and more efficient ground to start from. |
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We all know that Android is built on a Linux kernel, but the issue is that Android has a lot of overheads that are unnecessary for a dedicated reading device.
This proposed device is not of course a dedicated reader, but a generic tablet, so it's not going to have anything like as good a battery life as a dedicated reader. |
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Even for a dedicated e-reader, please propose how an independent can use linux and make reading software work that uses DRM? Maybe install the kindle for linux app, or kobo for linux app?
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