Instead of a finger-driven touchscreen, the DRSG uses a magnetic resonance stylus, in part to maintain the brightness of the display, said Brons. He said the additional transparent touch layer needed to enable finger navigation would have decreased screen brightness by 15 to 20 percent. The flip bar is pushed from side to side to page through ebooks or menus.
Clicking is performed with the stylus or by pushing down on the flip bar. A color model is in the works for early The edge of the unit is blank except for a power switch and a mini-USB socket.
This is what we'd all hoped for when periodicals first came to ereaders, but be careful what you wish for. Then you get an amazing looking newspaper that you can zoom in on and drag around using the stylus.
But these sideloaded files are 60 to 90 megs. That means scrolling isn't instantaneous as it is when using the web browser on the iPhone or Android smartphone. Good as it looked, I began to appreciate the more boring, text-based periodicals offered by Sony, Amazon and Barnes and Noble since they're fast to navigate and easy to read.
They offer newspapers from around the world-- an astounding selection. IREX had indicated that they intend to add other periodical vendors to the on-device Mall, and I can't wait to see what that might bring. For veteran ebook users, yes, you can use Calibre to download well-formatted periodicals from the US and around the world. For those of you who are new to eBook readers, Calibre is simply the most awesome free program available for converting eBooks to a variety of formats, editing documents to suit the ereader screen and downloading periodicals.
Give it a try! We hear that older IREX models weren't the best at power management. The DRSG has very good battery life and it should last for a week of serious reading and 10 eBook downloads. The 3G wireless radio only turns on when you're in the eBook Mall or when you tap the download icon at the bottom of the home screen to check for new downloads. That makes for excellent battery life though it prevents you from using a 3rd party web browser like Midori to surf the web.
We found that they ship the readers with absolutely no charge, and it takes at least 30 minutes of charging before it will power up for the first time. The first charge takes a long time-- 7 hours, and the charge light should turn from amber to green when it's fully charged it doesn't always do this. These are both larger than average readers, but the Kindle is significantly larger than the IREX and other mass market eBook readers.
If portability and leisure reading are your thing, the DR makes much more sense. The Kindle DX isn't something you'd toss in your purse or compact gear bag.
The screen is large enough to read a PDF with layout intact, thereby preserving images. In a general comparison with the Kindle family, including the Kindle 2, we pick the IREX because it has more open format support. That brings you public library books and access to many other online bookstores, not to mention Google's million classics and public domain books.
But if annotations and keyboards are your thing, the Kindle fights back. These two are direct competitors, and both will eventually live side-by-side in Best Buy stores. The 7. The touch screen means you don't have to use the included stylus and you can use your finger.
That's the most natural solution and from a user interface standpoint, the Sony touch models are the best on the market, hands down. But the touch screen adds another layer above the eInk display and that introduces glare and reduces contrast, somewhat diminishing eInk's strongest selling point: unreal clarity and a look that's more book than computer screen. PDFs resize nicely in landscape mode and there's a zoom function that doesn't ruin the layout it's not perfect, you must re-zoom every time you turn a page and you'll only see a portion of the page on screen.
Sony has done a very good job of building inking and highlighting support and you can even ink drawings in its notepad. In most other respects, the nook is more of a Kindle 2 competitor in terms of price and screen size. The IREX is more intuitive to use since you interact directly with the eInk display rather than controlling things via a secondary small touch screen.
The IREX is also faster at all tasks including page turns. But we appreciate the nook's selection of 3 fonts-- why don't more mass market readers offer this? The nook also offers a full feature set when it comes to PDB books, including word search, font size changing and an overall good layout. It should be noted that the nook doesn't support changing fonts in PDB books either though.
The DR's biggest selling point against the nook is the larger screen size that allows you to read longer between page turns less distraction and longer battery life are the result since eInk displays only use power when the page is turned.
It adds significant new features-- very nice! Should be ready by April if not before. Choice is a good thing. Folks want different things, and so far each reader has addressed certain needs. The IREX is a great eBook reader for those who do serious long form reading since it has very fast page turns by eInk standards and you get a lot more words on the screen-- as many as a printed book offers. That makes for comfortable reading.
It represents the future: a super-sharp eInk display married with direct input. That future hopefully holds the most natural: a touch screen with the clarity of the IREX's Wacom digitizer.
Sony's touch eBook readers fall short in terms of contrast and clarity, so the IREX is the best choice when display quality is paramount and you crave direct interaction. Other features we really like include the friendly UI and flexibility. You can put documents in the categories you prefer and with a little tweak you can have folders galore. You can even add applications to the DRSG, and we hope to see more apps in the future from the community.
The eBook Mall is a wonderful idea since it allows for several different stores or free book sites. We do hope IREX adds more choices to the 2 we have right now. The DRSG is in all ways sleek: it's thin considering its 8. The back of the device is near-featureless black plastic, while the front is matte gray.
Controls come by way of a single rocker button on the left of the screen, which gets you around the iRex's unusually complex OS without much trouble, or through a stylus to avoid glare issues, this touchscreen is based on Wacom tablet tech behind the screen, so fingers input isn't an option which gives you finer control over the device's buttons and menus, which can sometimes be very small. The screen is beautifully contrasty and glare-free, unlike Sony's touchscreen Readers.
Note: The glare in the shots are just the unfortunate byproduct of very powerful theater spotlights.
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