iliad feature list timeline and whats in the box

[Stuart Young]

Info stolen from http://www.irexshop.com via ye olde copy an paste trick.

CONTENTS OF THE BOX:

* 1 iLiad e-reader
* 1 Stylus
* 1 charger
* 1 travel hub
* 1 USB Cable (B)

June:
Ordering and shipment of iLiad

July/August features

Hotspot support
Apabi format (in Asia only)
"Re-open" a file on last read page
Support for an E-Book DRM format (to be announced soon)
Page-break support in HTML (instead of scrolling)

August/September/October features

Dictionary support*
Annotation on PDF/TXT/HTML/Apabi*
File management on the iLiad
MP3 playing
Search (for or in) documents*
Bookmarks in documents*

Page turning speed improvement

*Improvement of functionality related to file formats might be limited to what formats allow

[CommanderROR]

"Re-open" a file on last read page

Page-break support in HTML (instead of scrolling)

Those are two features that shoudl have been onboard from Day1...putting them on a "features to come" list is just...whacky...sorry!

every puny PocketPC can do this, a dedicated ebook reader should have this as basic feature...well can't be helped I guess...I hope Jinke is better at doing their homework.

[TaKir]

Originally Posted by CommanderROR

I hope Jinke is better at doing their homework.

Jinke works with bookmarks, remembers last page of a book (if you quit to book catalog for example, or open one more book).
You can read Html and txt as msword document - separate pages, quantity depends of font size (normal or zoomed).
When I read a book, usually I don't use bookmarks if I want to have a break. Just put it out for an hour or a day or a week - and read from the same page... It even has no switch off/on button.

[tribble]

Originally Posted by CommanderROR

"Re-open" a file on last read page

Page-break support in HTML (instead of scrolling)

Those are two features that shoudl have been onboard from Day1...putting them on a "features to come" list is just...whacky...sorry!

every puny PocketPC can do this, a dedicated ebook reader should have this as basic feature...well can't be helped I guess...I hope Jinke is better at doing their homework.

Well, they know that aswell, thats why they dont sell the device to the public until all the needed features are implemented.

[Alexander Turcic]

They could have chosen another direction and released the sources of the OS to the public. Even better, they could have supported an open development similar to how Nokia does it with the Maemo development environment for the Nokia 770. The benefits: faster development, much better support.

[oliverbogler]

At the risk of asking something that has already been answered... is there some kind of cover included with the Iliad? I saw the Sony Reader on the DLTV (see thread ) and it had a built in one. I realize the Iliad doesn't have that, but does it come with a bag/sleeve? Does it need one? Any ideas?

[b_k]

Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic

They could have chosen another direction and released the sources of the OS to the public. Even better, they could have supported an open development similar to how Nokia does it with the Maemo development environment for the Nokia 770. The benefits: faster development, much better support.

oh, if it is really a Linux OS, I am sure we will see the sources. Otherwise it would be a breach of the License by which the Linux kernel (and several programs and libraries) is covered (GPLv2).
I don't want to say the GPL is the perfect license (cause i dont have the reputation to do that) for software developement, but if you use and adapt a GPL program to your needs, the GPL forces you to publish your modified source, if you didn't do it for internal use only.

And i don't think it would do damage to Irex. Look at the famous Linksys WRT54G wlan-router series. I bet Linksys is better of now, then it was before they were forced to publish the modified kernel sources.

And Irex or publishers of DRM-enabled readers don't need to publish the sources for their own libraries and programs, as long as they are not developed from a OpenSource component covered by a license which would force them to do that.

[tribble]

Originally Posted by oliverbogler

I realize the Iliad doesn't have that, but does it come with a bag/sleeve? Does it need one? Any ideas?

No, it doesnt. Dont know if it needs one. Irex said, they leave the bag/sleeve issue to 3rd parties.