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November ?! Forget it.
An Irex survival strategy: Revamp the Iliad, quickly bring out a 2.1 version; priced low; possibly ( but not necessarily ) tweaked hardware; don't overstate what it can do, just a "Touchscreen Wifi Ereader"; Totally Open Source; fund one developer to work on apps and coordinate and support any third-party developers who want to help ( there are about 5 still semi-active, I believe... ); concentrate first on power saving, then on anything that makes the reading experience better, especially for large docs; ?! 3G via the CF slot ?! Then, soon, an Iliad 3.0, just a bit more tweaked hardware, also totally Open Source; possibly plug-in 3G; same app source as 2.1, apps run on all Iliad devices. Evolution not stuttering revolution; Using the new publicity around Ereaders to sell a device that is already out there; Exploiting a niche, not trying to fight the (really) big boys on their turf. And not waiting until November ! |
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#92 |
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November ....
As some people all ready stated: this is the end my friend. See here the top 10 e-readers at the CES (without any iREX dvice): http://content.zdnet.com/2346-13615_...ol1;post-11005 |
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#93 |
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I must say I don't expect too much from the software of a device. As a Linux guy I never had this 'it has to work perfectly from the beginning'-attitude.
As long as the hardware is bugfree and the system is more or less open you can always have your working OS for your ebook reader. As a comparison I also hate these guys at the airport who thinks the world will come to and end if they have to wait for 2 hours for the next plane. Between complaining and being a whiny complainer is a fine line ... |
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I am in the IT and have been for a long time. I don't have any issues tinkering with things for fun. However, I also want to be able to buy a product and just use it and expect reasonable support from the vendor. Quote:
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And stripping off the DRM is just a 4 minutes job with a script and with Calibre I convert ePub > .prc |
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There is no format standard, that's one of the biggest problems with eBooks. Yes, ePub is popular now with a lot of sites, but so was Mobipocket a couple years ago. Will ePub be the popular format next year? Who knows?
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And btw iRex promised the ePub support for DR1000 one year ago, and now is selling the DR800 promising new firmware in april... no more iRex! f. |
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And for iLiad users there is a spark of hope: since iRex made the iLiad V2 open source, the ' only' thing is to write some software urself, to make the iRex read ePub. In meantime, I strip of DRM and convert wtih Calibre ePub into .prc ![]() |
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The iLiad has been reading ePub since March 2007, almost 3 years now. Last edited by pauli; 01-15-2010 at 08:45 AM. Reason: clarity |
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That would have to be a matter of opinion. The Kindle is not attractive to me for a variety of reasons, but it does offer formatting such as the poster seems to want. I suppose your point is probably that the Kindle provides no on-board support for ePub, which is true.
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Yes, that is my point. Apparently that lack of support is inexcusable for iRex, but nobody seems to care that the most popular eBook device doesn't support it either.
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