Comments on: Another Dual-screen Android e-Book reader: eDGe

By: tman

tman — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:10:08 +0000

anybody heared of the ASUS eee reader? does anyone when it’s coming out?
http://www.slashgear.com/asus-eee-reader-ebook-device-in-final-development-two-screen-sizes-1556726/

By: johnkzin

johnkzin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:35:51 +0000

The link to the specs was in my previous post.

By: tman

tman — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:20:38 +0000

yeah, but what specs? if you wanna use an ebook reader(which the iPad isn't) and wanto also do some browsing (which the kindle isn't)? What spec would matter if eDGe was inferior to iPad on them?

By: johnkzin

johnkzin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:28:33 +0000

Oh, and, according to the specs I care about, and based on what iPad info I could find, the eDGe barely beat the iPad.

By: johnkzin

johnkzin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:27:34 +0000

I did a comparison of the iPad, Notion Ink Adam, eDGe, Archos 9, and two vaporware tablets (a hypothetical Android version of the Archos 9, and the Moto AMP 10).

I had hoped the eDGe’s specs were going to do better, but it turned out to lag behind most of the others. Here it is, if you want to look:

http://johnkzin.livejournal.com/59189.html

By: tman

tman — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:22:13 +0000

but how does it compare to the iPad? Why does the entourage seem so cheap considering it combines an android and ebook? should it not be like the price of a kindle plus that of an iPad?

By: Samsam

Samsam — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:13:41 +0000

Yes, they are back to back.

By: Samsam

Samsam — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:42:49 +0000

It works great! I tried it and its so easy to use!! Its not as thick as you think it would be!! :D

By: Samsam

Samsam — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:17:25 +0000

I know someone who works for the company and it is really great!!! Its fun and really nice to read with. When you read in the sun it dosnt hurt your eyes!!! :D Its great and should come out soon!!!

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:52:02 +0000

According to the current info page, you can increase battery life to around 16 hrs by using just the e-ink screen, or get up to 6 hours with the LCD.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:49:27 +0000

Current info page says that the device supports 90 and 180 degree rotation. So you can’t use the touchscreen as a keyboard with the e-ink in landscape, but you can have a netbook left/e-ink right configuration, which I think I might prefer. And they have a no-charge option for black now. =) I’m definitely getting one of these!

By: Claus

Claus — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:23:46 +0000

As it runs on the Android operating system (I have a HTC magic phone with the OS on it) which now has several hundred free applications for download on the android marketplace and just as many paid applications, I’m sure that we soon enough will see custom made applications for this nifty device, who knows, you might even get skype to run on it, so you can use it as a video phone over the 3G network :-)

I would however love to know if you can turn of the LCD display when reading books – that would save a huge amount of energy if you plan to use it primarily as a book reader with the ability to surf occasionally.

Looking forward to your review James.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:16:58 +0000

Ok, it would help if I actually tried the demo before I commented! :) Anyway … very, VERY interesting. However, some of the things I liked about the mockup of the Courier was how you could grab images, notate them, call up addresses & maps, handle contacts, etc. I wonder if this will device will allow for future software updates to incorporate new features — it’ll depend on how its OS is stored, I’m sure. Still something I’m seriously interested in!

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:08:20 +0000

Very interesting. If the interface/GUI is similar to the mockup of the Courier, this could be very cool. I’m not too sure about wanting to fold it 360deg — I’d hate to run the risk of scratching either screen on the bottom. The price looks pretty darned reasonable, especially when you take into account the two different screens — that’s a lot of usable & useful screen real estate.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:45:34 +0000

The other issue is I wonder if you’ll be able to use the pen for annotation in all formats or only in one format. From what I understand, the Iliad readers only allow inking on top of PDF, and not any other formats.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:45:10 +0000

we’re getting closer and closer to the dream. well, the small dream. we’re still far away from THE dream, whatever that is.