>From: Onur Orhon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >And not so positive: >- Low resolution >- No color >- No touch screen (I'm guessing it's a limitation of e-ink >technology)
I think these are all limitations of the current level for the tech. >- Cannot connect to just any blog, only the ones available in the >store. So forget about posting to your own blog, or responding to >comments (I hope I'm wrong about this one) Is there a lot of utility in the hardware keyboard without this? (Oh, and is the blog access interactive -- can you leave comments -- or is it just a limited web clipping service?) Of course, the eInk technology may preclude a software keyboard at this point. One of the big requests that they are going to be pushed for is PIM abilities. And even though I "got it" when working at SoftBook that it's "just" a book, that it need to be a really good book and not a mediocre everything else, the utility of even just some simple PIM facilities is massive. Notes, calendar, contacts -- an eDayRunner, if you will. I don't buy the argument that the initial price point is too high, even for early adopters. The SoftBook Reader was $700, or $300 plus $20 a month for 2 years. The iPhone was $500 plus service. The iPod was $300 or so. $400 is completely in line with every other device in its initial entry. -- Jim ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
