Unprecedented Demand!

[carandol]

Originally Posted by dkm365

I hope that iRex recognizes the potential market with scholars and takes advantage of the edge it has. While there still are too few electronic versions of scholarly books, the increasing access to .pdf versions of journal articles make for a lot of paper to manage without a good way to read these electronically without the eye strain of regular computer monitors.

I'd second that! I'm in my third year of a history degree (as a "mature" student, I should add), and all the original source material for my dissertation is in electronic format. Whereas only five years ago, I would have had to go to an obscure library somewhere and pore over dusty seventeenth century tomes while wearing gloves, now I can download everything I need without leaving my desk. And once my Iliad arrives, I'll be able to carry all those old seventeenth century tomes around with me and scribble all over them without giving any archivists palpitations. (It's funny how history is turning out to be one of the subjects that makes most use of technology!)

Knowing how young people going to university love their gadgets, I reckon a few years down the line, once the prices come down, the Iliad, or something very like it, is going to be standard kit for a student.

[kkttmm3]

Hi,

I'm not sure the demand is higher now. But I ordered iLiad from irex shop directly on Jan 7 and arrived Hong Kong in 3 days.

I'm still exploring the device and want to install some news/data feed for daily readings.

Cheers,
Kenny