| With it's disappointing design and lack luster features, | | | | remote workers. The touch screen design feature |
| it seems Amazon have settled on the KindleDX | | | | means this device is far prettier and less clumsy |
| e-books reader being just an oversize Kindle2. The | | | | looking than models currently on the market. The |
| Fujitsu is still in beta (I think 'cause all has gone quiet | | | | same touch screen will also come in useful when |
| over in Japan) and the iRex 800SG has hardly | | | | doing the crossword in the daily paper (the company |
| received a mention since it launched, leaving room for | | | | say that talks are at an advanced stage, with some |
| the Plastic Logic Que to slip into the number one | | | | titles anyway, to deliver newspapers to the device) |
| position for the A4 sized screen, business digital book | | | | or more importantly for field operatives to make on |
| readers market. | | | | screen notes. |
| Although still in the development stages, but endlessly | | | | As expected it will have broadband connection, 3G of |
| closer to the market than the elusive Flipia, additional | | | | course, with on board Wi-Fi and rapid page rendering |
| details do keep mysteriously surfacing-enough to | | | | from the eInk display. As we get closer to the |
| keep us interested and talking about it. | | | | intended unveiling, set to be at CES in Vegas during |
| The first sighting of the device was when a | | | | January 2010, hopefully more information will emerge |
| prototype, but fully functioning device, was unveiled | | | | on the file formats the e-books reader will finally |
| by the company at the All Things D Conference, | | | | support. The stated support for Microsoft Office |
| letting us into some - prior - secret specifications. It | | | | docs like Word, PowerPoint, Excel plus.PDF is just not |
| has been a while since Plastic Logic promised us the | | | | enough as I would personally expect support for the |
| large screen model so it was good to see things | | | | new ePub standard. With the Barnes and Noble |
| were moving forward in it's development. | | | | announcement, that the Que would be sold along side |
| With the size of the large screen devices, I don't put | | | | their Nook e-books reader both instore and online, I |
| too much onus on the minor dimensions but for | | | | fully expect ePub support to be included. |
| those who must know, the Plastic Logic beats the | | | | So the bottom line has to be that the Plastic Logic |
| DX on thickness being an incredible.27" against the | | | | has a fantastic opportunity to deliver customers |
| KindleDX's.33". The screen will give close on a 1:1 | | | | looking to large screen digital book readers an ebook |
| reproduction of an A4 sheet of paper being 8.5" x | | | | reader that not only looks better than the DX, as we |
| 11". It utilizes the latest touch screen technology, | | | | have seen it does, but performs better and has the |
| which allows the Logic to dispose of the Kindle's | | | | file format support that today's customer expects. |
| much criticized keyboard and replace it with a virtual | | | | Any thing less will not be good enough to dislodge |
| keyboard, and is in addition shatter proof. The last | | | | the KindleDX from it's position as number one |
| feature should prove to be a major selling point over | | | | business e-books reader. |
| other e-book readers, for businesses that employ | | | | |