05-06-2009, 08:06 PM | #1 |
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Why color is in our future
Maybe crazy talking about the next reader while we are all still waiting for the next firmware upgrade. Of course color is near by even if it means a couple of years but I bet it will be the next one after the SW if that ever sees the light of day.
Why, because Amazon put a stake in the sand with a new price point today. With a very similar sized reader as the DR but with wireless at $490 iRex has a problem. Sure there are no folders or touch screen. Can the kindle display our version of Mobipocket? I don't want to lose my growing library of books. Having said that how can iRex bring out the SW for the price they hoped to receive for it. It also means any new iRex reader has to take into account the cost of the kindle. Except of course there is still plastic logic. Will be interesting to see if they have to adjust their prices. For this reason it seems the only way iRex can still command a premium is to introduce color. If they can also get agreements with magazine publishers they may still have a chance to milk the cow. That's us. Even if iRex comes out with the perfect reader with the kitchen sink in it will you think twice before upgrading because of the new Kindle? |
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To read your existing MOBI library, you must strip the DRM using mobidedrm. This is thought by some to be illegal in the US and may be illegal in other places. |
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05-06-2009, 10:12 PM | #3 |
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Of course I would not trade the DR for the new kindle. I just wonder whether the next DR will be able to command the price level it has in the past without doing something big. Color is the next big thing.
It may not be illegal to break DRM as long as it is done for personal use. We all have the right to fair use. Companies are not required to provide an easy path to fair use but that does not mean I lose the right to fair use. Isn't this what the original VCR trial was all about? |
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I agree, and would go further and say for all practical purposes it can be considered legal in the US, but "thought by some to be illegal" is my current formula for talking freely about circumvention on this forum. I usually add personal use somewhere in the post, but in this case it is implied by the context.
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06-04-2009, 05:25 PM | #5 |
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On the original topic, in case anyone missed it: http://i-to-i.irexnet.com/2009/06/03...oming-in-2011/
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I think it is exciting and the only way iRex can stay in the game with a premium product. I am just afraid e-ink may not have the time to mature if OLED screens were to quickly come down in price. OLED starting to appear on large TV screens has to mean the smaller sizes are going to start coming down in price.
If iRex comes up with a decent color screen with much improved refresh rates and book/page loads then they will have a killer product. I think one without the other will mean a failed product. Does this mean also a faster processor? Whatever it takes they better step up. Thanks Shaggy for recognizing my previous post. |
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