iRex Announcement Monday September 22

[pr28]

This is a url to the Forbes magazine piece announcing the new irex machine.
http://www.forbes.com/technology/200..._0918irex.html

[ericshliao]

Originally Posted by pr28

This is a url to the Forbes magazine piece announcing the new irex machine.
http://www.forbes.com/technology/200..._0918irex.html

Is the picture really iRex's ebook device? From that pic, I feel that its size is the same with iLiad.

[magni]

I wonder if they release it now they would let me upgrade mine for a discount.. I bought my iLiad book reader last week

[wallcraft]

Originally Posted by ericshliao

Is the picture really iRex's ebook device?

It certainly isn't one of their existing readers,and it is labeled iRex Reader 1000. If so, I am surprised by the lack of buttons. I initially thought the pad at the bottom might be a touchpad, but it looks more like an elongated D-pad.

Actually, I like the look of the device which appears to be symmetric left to right and so equally good or bad for left and right handers.

[nekokami]

Business users rather than academic users... I doubt they're going to support the bibliography extraction I was hoping for, at least in the near term. I guess I can just hope that it will still be possible for the developer community to enhance whatever software they provide.

[olis]

Even the New York Times reported on the new Irex Iliad.
Here's the article:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/0...ref=technology

[iAmBeer]

This is very exciting news.
I have to save some more money and see should I upgrade to new device from
iRex or not..
Anyway I really hope this new iliad can operate up to 60-70 hours cause
I really love my iliad except its battery life

[rachaelandrews]

Originally Posted by -Thomas-

This one is my favorite:

Very subtile
But thanks for sharing the info!

LOL. Indeed, now the word is out I seemed about as subtle as a slap.

To be honest I assumed very few people were listening to me, as I haven't been around that long !


Rachael

[Adam B.]

The iRex shop is down. They must be doing something.

[zerospinboson]

yeah, although i'm mostly curious about the press release, and rather less interested in being able to see its picture on the Webshop :P

[tribble]

They just released the press info.

[Adam B.]

It sounds like they're going to setup a printer driver to literally let you "print" to the iLiad through USB. That sounds like a good idea, and should make it more accessible to the average person.

[Slite]

Originally Posted by Adam B.

It sounds like they're going to setup a printer driver to literally let you "print" to the iLiad through USB. That sounds like a good idea, and should make it more accessible to the average person.

Hmmm, could you "print" a DRMed book in another format to the 1000 then?

[zerospinboson]

Screen: 26 cm (10,2")
Weight: 570 g (1,1something lbs)
Resolution 1024 x 1280 pixels, 160dpi
greyscale, 16 color

CPU: Freescale i.MX31L processor (>=532MHz)
128mb RAM

Out of box file format support: PDF, PowerPoint, HTML, .txt, Mobipocket, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, BMP

Battery(life): Li-Ion, ~24h (duno battery capacity though)
Navigation keys: respond to being lightly touched, with optical feedback

Price: €499 or €599 (with stylus)

Which means the iLiad v2 will be the same price as the (wifi/bluetooth/3g-less) 10,2" Reader 1000S.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Yes, I understand that iRex is buying Amazon and will be stuffing Jeff Bezos himself into the Kindles. They're out now looking for Steve Jobs who is next in line.

Two questions:

1) Is this a new plot for a horror novel?
2) Is the technology mature enough to stick a grown man inside an ebook reader?

Don