01-24-2007, 08:17 AM | #16 | |
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When STAReBOOK solves problems with - ugly monospaced fonts - hideous linewrapping system - creation of .stk files it will be THE perfect solution for many of us. There are a lot of people that do not care about fancy features, or pdf documents and only want to read [plain text] books on their readers. |
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01-24-2007, 08:33 AM | #17 |
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I'll try to find out about the battery life. Right now that's difficult since I have played around with the device so much, but once it runs out of juice for the first time and has to be recharged I'll try to do a more realistic test with just reading involved.
I'm looking forward to seeing how well this device can perform. The new and improved software should arrive in 30-45 days according to Staretek and I guess we'll all still be around to see whether they can keep that promise... |
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01-24-2007, 09:01 AM | #18 |
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I must say, if only StarEbook managed to render HTML straight away, it would start to look like a real option to me, even though I think the price is still a bit high.
So a big thank you to all early adopters here! Roland, if you also post your films on Youtube, nobody needs obscure video players to watch them, only a webbrowser with Flash. |
01-24-2007, 09:14 AM | #19 |
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Seems to me the Baen reader folks might like to see this. They'll be using different reader software, but the hardware is (as far as we know) the same, so boot times, etc. will probably be similar.
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01-24-2007, 09:15 AM | #20 |
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Excellent video CommanderROR!
To my eye though the difference in screen speed can be written off to iRex still doing the silly 1 second sleep in their screen update daemon. If you take that 1 second sleep out I believe the units will have nearly identical update speeds. Maybe this video will embarrass them into taking the sleep out. |
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01-24-2007, 09:19 AM | #21 | |
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But probably not though, the molds/circuit board lay outs are expensive to re-do, oh well! |
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01-24-2007, 09:32 AM | #22 |
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Man, that is *nice.*
What're you doing with the STAReBOOK again after you're done with it? (Kidding, of course.) |
01-24-2007, 09:53 AM | #23 |
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I can tell you what I'm doing...I'm using it to read books.
I really hope this device will let me retire my Iliad. If the formatting problems can be solved, then I'm pretty sure it can. I'll keep my Iliad as a backup device, and I'll probabyl use it fr travelling since I don't have a proper protection option for the STAReBOOK yet, but apart from that I fully plan to make this my primary reading device, despite the smaller screen. It's all about easy of use... @Scotty1024 I agree, that's where the difference comes from. You can see, that the Iliad reacts to the keypress with a slight delay while the STAReBOOK turns the page immediately. I'll see about uploading to youtube.com |
01-24-2007, 12:20 PM | #24 |
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Could you use something other than 'rar' format? That seems to be a private format with no free decompressor (unless you agree to be zapped by adverts).
[Why compress it anyway? It won't gain any useful compression -- it just adds an extra step...] Thanks! |
01-24-2007, 12:31 PM | #25 |
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@ lexico: The video can be seen by the two freeware programs linked to near the begining of the thread. One was linked by yunhid and the other by Bob Russell.
@ yunhid and Bob Russell: thanks for the help. Last edited by Almagne; 01-24-2007 at 12:33 PM. |
01-24-2007, 01:45 PM | #26 |
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RE: Thanks Yunhaid
I was able to watch your .wmv file. The more I see of the StarEBook, the more I like what I see.
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01-24-2007, 02:28 PM | #27 |
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I had assumes that everybody uses VLC player and winrar these days...but apparently I was mistaken...:-)
I'll add the file again as .zip, I can't add it as .avi file since the forum does not allow that. Youtube is now working again and I uploaded it there as well. Go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJfDek9FGjo |
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01-24-2007, 04:32 PM | #29 |
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@lexico
I don't knwo what you are talking about. I use WinRAR and it does not throw ads at you, it's shareware but can be used without registering forever (it just reminds you to register after a while, but that does not really worry me). The reason for wrapping the file in a RAr archive was that mobileread.com does not allow posting of .avi attachments. Now the file is on youtube and you can wathc it there if you like. |
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