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The grumpy editor's e-book readerThe grumpy editor's e-book readerPosted Jul 22, 2009 20:25 UTC (Wed) by cjb (guest, #40354)In reply to: The grumpy editor's e-book reader by Hanno Parent article: The grumpy editor's e-book reader
> Is there any linux-based device with an e-ink display that allows users to install binaries?
I just ordered an iLiad Book Edition, which is exactly this. Looks like there's a healthy amount of free software available to install, including a full offline snapshot of English Wikipedia:
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The grumpy editor's e-book reader Posted Jul 23, 2009 19:06 UTC (Thu) by dwayne (subscriber, #17004) [Link]
I own an iLiad for a year now and like it very much. It reads pdf out-of-the-box and after installing FBReader it even reads epub. If you buy the version with wlan you can just transfer data via a cifs-share to and from the device. Problem with the iLiad is the price and since there is now a next generation device available from iRex they pretty much abandoned the old devices. After all they released the sourcecode for the devicesoftware, so I expect some great things for those who can wait. Nonetheless I got interested in the txtr reader which is about to be released soon.
The grumpy editor's e-book reader Posted Jul 23, 2009 19:13 UTC (Thu) by dwayne (subscriber, #17004) [Link]
Just to clearify: Of course you can transfer data via a cifs-share to and from the device via the ethernet-port too.
But what really makes this thing shine is the wireless transfer.
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