Comments on: iRex eBook reader: New E Ink machine set to go on sale in early 2006

By: Branko Collin

Branko Collin — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 17:51:22 +0000

I think people care, because an ebook device also must be able to replace the few books that appear in (and have need of) colour. (The next demand will then be that the device be able to display moving images.)

Still, even a black and white device is going to be very useful if sold at the right price.

By: Axel Roest

Axel Roest — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 14:54:38 +0000

Why do people care if the display is monochrome or colour? Look in your paper library. What % of pages are in colour? I have 5000 pages of O’Reilly books, none of them in colour, most of them highly useful.

Sure I like colour as well, but I prefer a superior display which I can read in the full sunlight, and batteries that last for more than half a year (!), than a colour (TFT) display and batteries that I have to change daily.

Just my 2 cents…

By: William

William — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:41:32 +0000

Wow! I read on Slashdot that this one was based on Linux as well. If that’s true, it won’t matter the price… This is amazing!

By: Branko Collin

Branko Collin — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 08:30:48 +0000

Layne, it seems to be back up again. It doesn’t have much information, though.

Mitiaj, which projects were killed by the big cats of the IT industry, and how?

By: Mitiaj

Mitiaj — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:41:02 +0000

I guess the big cats of IT industry will kill this project like they did many times before with similar devices.

By: Layne

Layne — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:51:28 +0000

Let’s hope it will be cheap.
Irex site seems to be down…

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Thu, 15 Dec 2005 03:16:17 +0000

[...] TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home » iRex eBook reader: New E Ink machine set to go on sale in early 2006 A Dutch company called iRex is working on an E Ink based e-book reader with the same name, reports Digibieb.nl [...]

By: bowerbird

bowerbird — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:36:42 +0000

alright! somebody _finally_ got the size right!

oh crap, it looks like it’s just black-and-white.
and the price is conspicuous by its absence…

still, look! they got the size right!

-bowerbird