Friday, October 24, 2008

Not sure about iRex


I've been looking for an electronic paper reader for quite some time. The iRex Digital Reader 1000S caught my eye. I started looking around and reading the forums. It did not take long to see that there are about as many problems as there are advantages. 

Apparently the iRex iLiad. is the older model. And one guy seems to have had plenty of problems with the company itself(After 45 days, Shipping related). Here another speaks of problems.

This is crazy stuff and i would normally forget about this company all together. Well, looking around their site a little i found an active blog. This gives the company a little credit as far as i am concerned. After reading the blog i get an over-all feeling that this company is genuine and they are trying to make things right. For example, they demonstrate the operation of the iRex Digital Reader 1000S under the demo movie1

Also the CEO released a letter.  At this point i'm feeling very,very torn. Perhaps the company really was not ready for such a response to their products. 

After reading a little more i found that they have released the SOURCE CODE and SDK.

At the moment i only found one site that even mentions the iRex SD1000S.  That is ereader outfitters. Well after trying to find some information(and probably buying this thing) i found a dead link!.  At the time of this writing this LINK is dead.

I like the way the DR1000S looks. I also like the fact that it uses electronic paper. Most of the source code is open which is a huge movement.

What a roller coaster i found here.

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