03-23-2010, 09:50 PM | #1 |
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please please release the skiff
I cant wait anylonger. I dont want to reflow pdf.
when is this baby coming out? |
03-24-2010, 07:42 PM | #2 |
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that's the one I'm waiting for........it's a nice looking gadget isn't it
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03-25-2010, 04:00 PM | #3 |
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Yup yup.. I have a Sony 505, but I have been dreaming about large screen ereader for all my manga reading... ^_^
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03-31-2010, 06:29 PM | #4 |
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Yeah, Im getting sick of fooking waiting too... everyday the kindleDX becomes more and more appealing. I almost bought one today.
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03-31-2010, 08:48 PM | #5 |
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dont give in, wait for skiffy.
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04-05-2010, 09:38 PM | #6 |
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04-06-2010, 11:17 AM | #7 |
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04-08-2010, 09:35 PM | #8 |
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im tempted to get the ipad just to start reading pdfs. skiff would be better. what is the weight difference anyone know?
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06-13-2010, 09:38 PM | #10 |
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anyword on skiff ? vaporware like soo many things?
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06-17-2010, 06:38 AM | #11 |
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Hello, just read the following, several sites reported it.
http://gizmodo.com/5563501/skiff-the...reader-is-dead To make it short, noone really knows what the future is. Skiff's reader platform itself was sold, the hardware of the ereader wasn't. And the guy who owns the rights of it is planning to get it in production, whatever that means, since it seemed it would be past prototype stage and could be a succesful reference model in general. Perhaps, it would have been too expensive to find enough customers? So basically, that's why it's perhaps gone for good. At least in the near future. |
06-19-2010, 01:31 PM | #12 |
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I was informed of this article that suggest skiff may still be alive
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...7hFiAD9GB8J1O0 |
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I think the comment more focusses on NewsCorp buying the E-Reading Platform Skiff From Hearst and neglects to mention that NewsCorp only bought the platform and not the ereader hardware itself.
At least that is what I read at other places. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20007666-93.html Quote:
Large format, Color (2nd prototype), flexible, what more could you ask for . Well, more flexible maybe so you can actually fold it. Yet one key point in flexibility is that it makes the device less vulnerable to breaking, at least that is my understanding, so that would already be the case. I guess reduced weight could still be an attribute that should be worked on, the lighter the better, if those devices weigh somewhere around a pound they are a little too much on the heavy side I think. Eventually devices like that will come, it's a matter of time, so if it's skiff or something else doesnt really make a difference does it. I am pretty sure that flexible color e-ink readers are the way to go, you can hardly underestimate the potential of that can you? And the industry, especially corps. behind newspapers and magazines as well as the electronics producers must know that, well they better should. But the way it looks now, skiff or any other similar device won't be introduced to the market in the next 2 years, that's apparently only my personal prognosis . And frankly, it could very well be another 4 years if you ask me. From prototype to a device that's market-ready, reasonably priced, more or less free of crucial bugs, it's a long way isn't it. The question "what will the price of those gadgets be" still has to be answered. I'm afraid the 1st devices will be pretty expensive. Considering the not-so cheap prices of the available large format devices that are b/w and non-flexible. I suppose developping a device like that, producing it (hopefully without exploiting factory workers) and creating a good infrastructure for publishing material on it, is pretty costly. Greets Hobo Last edited by hoboslobobabe; 06-19-2010 at 06:59 PM. |
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06-20-2010, 09:48 AM | #14 |
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this is what i m waiting for
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