iRex iLiad availability delayed to May 2006

[TadW]

Originally Posted by CommanderROR

....or he managed to purchase an Iliad and is afraid we'll take it away from him if he tells us...:-)

If I had the iLiad I wouldn't hang around on the Net but would start to read my 92745982345243 e-books that I've always wanted to read

[pitcher23]

Originally Posted by CommanderROR

my opinion:

The guys at iRex have realized something...

There are peolpe out there (us) who want to buy their device...NOW....and in large numbers too.
So they decided to delay and make some "adjustments" to their "direct-to-customer" sales. They probably want to add some more reader software out of the box as well.

What do you think?

Quite possible. My secret hope is that they are waiting on Mobipocket and legally can't tell us till the deal is sealed.

Edit:

Oooh. Check this quote from Angel Ancin at iRex Technologies posted at www.teleread.org

"Main reason for delay is e-commerce problems (technical delays in the webshop itself) and inclusion of additional software goodies to be announced. (Unfortunately, I can not disclose yet)"

I really hope those "goodies" include Mobipocket.

[pitcher23]

Originally Posted by Laurens

All I'm saying is to give them some slack. There's no conspiracy at work here to keep you from buying your beloved Iliad. The actual reason for the delay is irrelevant, just as long as the final product is good. Some people here are obsessing over this thing. (Yes, you are!) Maybe it sucks and you wouldn't want it anyway.

I would be perfectly happy to wait until August provided that they gave us a great final product. My only beef would be if the reasons they give us were less than honest. So far I see no evidence on this, hence my speculating on it. I look for this standard in any company I purchase from and am not saying Irex is guilty of it.

[haasiesoft]

http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4764

/Quote :
We are delayed. The new date is expected throughout May.

Main reason for delay is e-commerce problems (technical delays in the webshop itself) and inclusion of additional software goodies to be announced. (Unfortunately, I can not disclose yet)

Most likely around May 10th, we will (finally) start actively using our website for communication.

We will confirm the list of countries and launch dates soon in that environment.

Please check regularly www.irextechnologies.com from the first week of May onwards.

/Quote

I think it will be first of May .... 2007 :-)

What´s about Sony ...

[Robert Marquard]

Mobipocket has a special version of their reader for the Pepper Pad (mentioned somewhere in their forum).