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Old 01-27-2010, 02:23 PM   #121
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Old 01-27-2010, 02:23 PM   #122
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though the keyboard dock sure does look fancy... maybe it will work on the iphone and ipod touch
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Old 01-27-2010, 02:24 PM   #123
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Old 01-27-2010, 02:25 PM   #125
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Old 01-27-2010, 02:25 PM   #126
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Old 01-27-2010, 02:25 PM   #127
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Old 01-27-2010, 02:26 PM   #128
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Old 01-27-2010, 02:26 PM   #129
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It looks pretty slim.
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Old 01-27-2010, 02:26 PM   #130
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Ok, well:
It's better than I thought it would be, and not as good as I had hoped. No Flash support, when half the web uses Flash? I've never used an iPhone, so I have no idea what capability their browser has. I love the looks (sorry, MoeJoe, I'm female). I like the accelerometer - this is the first tablet demo I've seen where they actually made use of portrait mode. I like the looks of the iBooks app/store. Prices, not so much, and I want to know how easy it is to import books that you already have. I'm also anxious to see what sort of DRM is going to be on those ePub files. The battery life sounds pretty good to me, too.

EDIT: Never mind, I evidently didn't wait long enough. Where are y'all getting the prices?
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Old 01-27-2010, 02:27 PM   #131
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Old 01-27-2010, 02:27 PM   #132
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So where does this leave the QUE reader? Anyone have one on pre-order?
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Old 01-27-2010, 02:28 PM   #133
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It's an oversized iPod touch. I thought it might make me rethink getting a dedicated 9" reader. I have three syllables: DO NOT WANT!!!

I'm waiting for the Asus 9".
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Old 01-27-2010, 02:28 PM   #134
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Ok, well:
It's better than I thought it would be, and not as good as I had hoped. No Flash support, when half the web uses Flash? I've never used an iPhone, so I have no idea what capability their browser has. I love the looks (sorry, MoeJoe, I'm female). I like the accelerometer - this is the first tablet demo I've seen where they actually made use of portrait mode. I like the looks of the iBooks app/store. Prices, not so much, and I want to know how easy it is to import books that you already have. I'm also anxious to see what sort of DRM is going to be on those ePub files. The battery life sounds pretty good to me, too.

I'm disappointed that no price or availability date seems to have been announced (unless I missed that somewhere?).

In short: It's a cool device. But I don't think it's for me.
No Flash support isn't confirmed. One website required a plug-in but NatGeo had something that could possibly have been Flash.
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Did they say anything about international availability?

I'll have to see it first, but I am interested---not to replace my Kindle (I need the dictionary and text to speech features) but as a netbook replacement.
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