Comments on: Android e-reader coming from Netronix and Texas Instruments http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/android-e-reader-coming-from-netronix-and-texas-instruments/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:33:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Elie Morisse http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/android-e-reader-coming-from-netronix-and-texas-instruments/comment-page-1/#comment-1149879 Elie Morisse Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:19:00 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/11/27/android-e-reader-coming-from-netronix-and-texas-instruments/#comment-1149879 <blockquote> Just what would the two have to say?</blockquote> Taking advantage of the LCD screen to display colourful images for example.

Just what would the two have to say?

Taking advantage of the LCD screen to display colourful images for example.

]]> By: Felix Torres http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/android-e-reader-coming-from-netronix-and-texas-instruments/comment-page-1/#comment-1149840 Felix Torres Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:42:46 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/11/27/android-e-reader-coming-from-netronix-and-texas-instruments/#comment-1149840 Interesting choice of reader for the pic. As I understand it, that particular reader is supposed to be a Pocketbook exclusive for a very robust and flexible software package that allows end-user installation of applications (games, calculators, calendars, text editors!) much as an Android gizmo would. The pre-installed chess game in particular is pretty interesting all by itself. A nice preview of what an Android based reader might have to offer without becoming a PDA or WebPad, although I suspect most of the wireless models that actually make it into production will be webpads in all but name. I just took delivery on a Pocketbook 360 this week and I'm very impressed both by the hardware as the software (well, the non-Adobe portion--ADE is ADE everywhere and it seems the annoyances it comes with aren't limited to the Hanlin line). The hardware is solid and ergonomically sound--most comfortable to hold and use this side of the Ebookwise 1150--and the software is comparable to OpenInkpot; in some aspects it does less, in others more. (I wanted a 5" reader to complement the Kindle and absent OI on the Hanlin V5 or a Kindle Mini, I went with Pocketbook. So far I'm happy with what I see.) For anybody interested in just how much functionality can be packed in a reader the size of a CD case, check out the extensive and screen-capture filled review in the Pocketbook Forum on Mobileread. (It comes with a built-in screen capture feature and the reviewer went to town on it. ;) ) Interesting choice of reader for the pic.
As I understand it, that particular reader is supposed to be a Pocketbook exclusive for a very robust and flexible software package that allows end-user installation of applications (games, calculators, calendars, text editors!) much as an Android gizmo would. The pre-installed chess game in particular is pretty interesting all by itself.
A nice preview of what an Android based reader might have to offer without becoming a PDA or WebPad, although I suspect most of the wireless models that actually make it into production will be webpads in all but name.

I just took delivery on a Pocketbook 360 this week and I’m very impressed both by the hardware as the software (well, the non-Adobe portion–ADE is ADE everywhere and it seems the annoyances it comes with aren’t limited to the Hanlin line). The hardware is solid and ergonomically sound–most comfortable to hold and use this side of the Ebookwise 1150–and the software is comparable to OpenInkpot; in some aspects it does less, in others more.
(I wanted a 5″ reader to complement the Kindle and absent OI on the Hanlin V5 or a Kindle Mini, I went with Pocketbook. So far I’m happy with what I see.)

For anybody interested in just how much functionality can be packed in a reader the size of a CD case, check out the extensive and screen-capture filled review in the Pocketbook Forum on Mobileread. (It comes with a built-in screen capture feature and the reviewer went to town on it. ;) )

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