Announced: the iRex Reader DR1000

[tribble]

i dont think word or powerpoint is supported natively. Only with a printerdriver on a PC.

[zerospinboson]

Originally Posted by JWLaRue

Seems that if it can directly support PowerPoint that it should also support Word documents as well......

-Jeff

Not necessarily.
Anyway, the thing says it supports ppt natively, so i'd trust them on that.

[wallcraft]

Originally Posted by carandol

Haven't seen any sign of the software announcement yet.

This must have been the "Print paperless" capability. It isn't clear to me what value added this provides over a standard PDF virtual printer.

[Hadrien]

Originally Posted by wallcraft

This must have been the "Print paperless" capability. It isn't clear to me what value added this provides over a standard PDF virtual printer.

Well I guess that it also automatically detect the device and send it to the device...

[yokos]

Q: audio speaker/jack?
I haven't seen it in any of the flying around techninal data lists.
Q: kernel 2.4.x or 2.6.x?

[TadW]

It's time to introduce a new subforum and toast to it, wouldn't you say?

[bob_ninja]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Are you really going to use it 24h a day?

If you read on it for an hour a day, you'd only recharge once every 24 days.

Keep in mind that it is targeted more for professional/office use. For general lit certainly much cheaper 6" models work fine. So I may keep it running in office 8hrs/day. Also, to ensure healthy battery and long lifespan you recharge around 30% remaining, so that would be about 2 days worth of use.

Of course, having a PC in office means it is trivial to recharge as often as needed. Except in that case I wouldn't need WiFi.

BTW, what about an option to run while plugged in and drawing power form a PC (again use in office)? That way at meeting, on road and at home you'd have more power left as office use near a PC wouldn't draw any power.

[tofuman]

"No shipping available to the selected country (Korea)"

Arrrgh!

[kapoira]

have you seen the images http://irextechnologies.com/dr1000images/
it's a new content listener

[Adam B.]

Originally Posted by kapoira

have you seen the images http://irextechnologies.com/dr1000images/
it's a new content listener

Great find!

That interface looks really nice. I'm quite impressed.

[rahlquist]

Hmm seems like a nudge forward but not a leap. I am still in need of an Ebook with lighting of some sort preferably front lit and be able to shut it off (but integrated into the ebook). Was hoping this would be it when announcement rumors came out.

[TadW]

Originally Posted by rahlquist

Hmm seems like a nudge forward but not a leap.

That depends on your perspective. Compared to the Amazon Kindle with its 6" screen, I think this iRex Digital Reader is a huge step forward.

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by TadW

That depends on your perspective. Compared to the Amazon Kindle with its 6" screen, I think this iRex Digital Reader is a huge step forward.

Actually, not so much. The DR1000 to me is basically the same as the Kindle/Sony. The main difference is the size it geared toward PDFs which makes me call it a "document" reader rather than an eBook reader. While technically it can read eBooks I think most people will be getting it mainly to be able to read PDFs that are formatted for an 8.5x11 or 8.5x14 page.

So, other than the size I think the technology is pretty similar.

BOb

[TadW]

Originally Posted by pilotbob

So, other than the size I think the technology is pretty similar.

Yes, but you agree that the E Ink screen makes most of an ereader's technology. I find it amusing that while other companies (from the Far East) keep announcing bigger and better E Ink screens - without being able to deliver until today -, here comes little iRex from the Netherlands showing the world who is the true champion in E Ink.

[Alexander Turcic]

Btw, Justread.de estimates to have the 1000S in stock on September 29th (next Monday).

http://www.justread.de/shop/product_...der-1000S.html