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Old 01-07-2010, 04:54 PM   #121
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And they are sharing the same booth where Qualcomm is showing off a prototype mirosol-based color reader. No wonder no one has reported one bit of information about irex...
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Old 01-08-2010, 01:11 AM   #122
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Irex has one chance to sell their reader and that's for it to be in stores by the end of Janurary. If that doesn't happen I really don't see why anybody will favour it over the other offerings.
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Old 01-08-2010, 02:59 AM   #123
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Has there been a communication of an official release date?
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Old 01-08-2010, 09:58 PM   #124
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Okay Nate, you've teased us with the trip to Vegas so where's the update on the DR800SG We're not asking for much, just a detailed review with video, firm release dates, etc.!
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Old 01-08-2010, 10:05 PM   #125
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Okay Nate, you've teased us with the trip to Vegas so where's the update on the DR800SG We're not asking for much, just a detailed review with video, firm release dates, etc.!
They wouldn't give me a release date for the DR800SG. I did ask.
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Old 01-09-2010, 12:41 AM   #126
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They wouldn't give me a release date for the DR800SG. I did ask.
Did you get any hands on time with it? I just saw a video posted in the news section which looked pretty nice. Curious as to what your impressions were.
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Old 01-09-2010, 08:49 AM   #127
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There's an additional video of the 800 over in the news forum if anyone hasn't seen it. Makes the device look really nice in my opinion.
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It is good to see the device in use by someone not shepherded by a pr droid, like his assumption about annotation.

Now if they would get rid of the 3G and replace it with WiFi for the Europen market ( see the BeBook quote about 3G in the Neo article in the news & commentary section ) and release it, I might buy it.

Or I could wait for the Onyx 8'' to be released as the way things stand this could be released first.

Or give up the fence sitting and buy a Oynx 6'' ( but really want those extra few inches -- now no rude jokes please )

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Old 01-10-2010, 11:18 AM   #129
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Endless waiting - with happy end?

Hello!

Here's another eBook freek waiting to get his hands on the 800SG.

As long as there will be a happy end it's probably worth waiting.

What's getting on my nerves ist that iRex hardly communicates with us. (in fact not at all with me - 2 Messages without an answer).

Anyhow - how come there are no other 8" Readers around? Ok, one or two announces. (I cannot hear that word "announces" anymore)
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Hello!

Here's another eBook freek waiting to get his hands on the 800SG.

As long as there will be a happy end it's probably worth waiting.

What's getting on my nerves ist that iRex hardly communicates with us. (in fact not at all with me - 2 Messages without an answer).

Anyhow - how come there are no other 8" Readers around? Ok, one or two announces. (I cannot hear that word "announces" anymore)
I've wondered that myself. It may be related to the manufacturers trying to mimic the paperback market from a screen real estate perspective while keeping costs down. I've always felt the 8" screen is the perfect size if packaged in a minimal case like irex has done with the 800.
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Old 01-11-2010, 10:35 AM   #131
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I've wondered that myself. It may be related to the manufacturers trying to mimic the paperback market from a screen real estate perspective while keeping costs down. I've always felt the 8" screen is the perfect size if packaged in a minimal case like irex has done with the 800.
Originally, back in the iLiad days, iRex were the only ones that had an 8" display controller capable of driving an 8" screen. This was back when even the other manufacturers (PRS-500, Kindle 1, etc) were using iRex 6" controllers. iRex essentially had deals in place with PVI that made the manufacturer of an 8" screen exclusive to the iLiad.

These days, I believe Epson technically also has an 8" controller, but I don't think anybody has ever used it. Not sure why. I don't know if iRex still has any deals in place with PVI making 8" eInk screens exclusive.
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Do you know if the DR800 is using the same screen as the iLiad did?
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Do you know if the DR800 is using the same screen as the iLiad did?
I assume you mean the same display controller?

It's using an 8" version of the DR1000 controller. I think it's basically a 2nd generation of the iLiad "Delta" controller.
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Sorry - does the DR800 not have the same size 8" screen as the iLiad? I thought that it did! My apologies if I'm mistaken.
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Sorry - does the DR800 not have the same size 8" screen as the iLiad? I thought that it did! My apologies if I'm mistaken.
Yes, the DR800 is an 8" screen.
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