[LINK] ebook readers -- here they come!

Pilcher, Fred Fred.Pilcher at act.gov.au
Mon Aug 31 14:56:46 AEST 2009


Ivan wrote: 

> I've no doubt that many of you espouse the freedom of using 
> an open- source 'solution' to the e-book problem, but if I 
> was asked to place money on the eventual 'winner', based on 
> previous history of mass- market boxes, I'd be hard pressed 
> to select any Linux-based device.

Other markets may not necessarily follow the PC route - take mobile
phones as an example. 

Note, from the matrix: 

Linux: 21
Win CE: 3

That could be a temporary anomaly of course.

BTW - do any of them have backlighting? Can that even be done on these
devices?

Fred 
  
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