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xbrumster

12:31 AM on 20 October, 2009

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design is much better than the kindle & prefer the edge to be less rounded. sadly to me it doesnt have the wow factor and i'd rather wait until at least 2010 to see what will be on the market. There will be plenty more better equiped & better designed & multi functional e-readers/tablets i bet.

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jopey

3:35 AM on 20 October, 2009

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Hmmmm looks a bit of a funny shape. Too long..?*

One thing is for sure, it's going to be super expensive.

(*Yes, that's what she said)

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Stewart Clark

9:12 AM on 20 October, 2009

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This market is getting more interesting by the day and so I am not going to be an early adopter of this tech although I want one (if you need someone to do a review please send a sample to...). The problem I see is that we may never have a simple to use replacement for the book, in the same way we no longer have just a phone. Until this market sector matures a lot more I will stick with the Iphone and the heaps of free classics.

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xbrumster

10:07 AM on 20 October, 2009

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its never gonna be as easy as jotting down notes on papers unless they implement both cap & resis screen or do something innovative...

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JonWill

2:03 PM on 20 October, 2009

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I've been commenting on ebooks for many years now and I remain convinced that they will never replace the paper book for most consumer applications. Yes, there may be certain applictions where it is useful (e.g. for university courses; technical data that changes; huge professional reference libraries), but I for one cannot see how this replaces a paperback that I pick up for a fiver, gadget fan though I am ..

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Tony Walker

2:05 PM on 20 October, 2009

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@xbrumster

Resistive screens are awful for writing on - I've had enough PDAs to know. I believe there are stylii available for capacitive screens and the usage should be somewhat akin to the HP tablets TC1000 and TC1100. Writing on these was actually quite reasonable.

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HK

2:39 PM on 20 October, 2009

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It said on some site (and I'm inclined to believe it given the dodgy state of that graphic) that the "Alex" is just some guy trying to get copyright for a dual screen e-reader before Barnes & Noble come out with their e-reader this/next week which is rumoured to feature dual screens.

But I'm in the "wait another year" (at least) camp for these devices. When they can overlay an e-ink screen onto a laptop/phone/etc LCD and have it "all in one" then I'll bite, until then I'd rather just carry a real book. Even then I'd rather carry a real book, but I would pay more for such a device for sake of convenience.

I guess I should trademark the idea of having a screen over a screen...

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xbrumster

3:12 PM on 20 October, 2009

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@Tony, oh yes I've used some PDAs with resistive screen before, they do suck badly. I remember reading an article a few days ago saying a firm had develped a screen which is both resistive/capacitive - you can use literally anything on it - then if a tablet/reader with the function you can use you hand to zoom in and then making note with ballpoint pen, save as it is on screen, fast and simple, then I can see it as a perfect replacement for textbooks to start with.

not to mention playing games/watching dvd in a boring lecture. that'd be fun... lol

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