Tom, Do you have anything to say about the other requirements listed by me?
The display size which I specified corresponds to an open book, in which one can see two pages facing each other. I envisioned the use case of having to read a book while referring to something else (such as a dictionary or the Wikipedia) at the same time. However, I can see your point - the above can be accomplished by flipping windows. The eBook reader would be required to be able to open more than one book simultaneously and have a GUI to switch from an open book to another open book. --- Omer On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 09:30 +0200, Tom Goren wrote: > what is this fantastic device you have invented? > > 14-15 by 9-10 inches display? > > most ebook readers are much much smaller. > > perhaps you should take a look at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_e-book_readers - there is a big > matrix there comparing all features of most devices on the market. > > also, i think there is some mistake in your basic notion about ebook > readers given your feature wishlist - since all devices today are > designed as book replacements, not laptop replacements (two windows > displaying different content side by side does not sound like > something an ebook must do in my opinion) - and thus their size and > features are appropriately set. [... snipped ...] > > 2009/12/16 geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendel...@gmail.com> > > On Dec 16, 2009, at 9:40 PM, Omer Zak wrote: > > What does the collective wisdom of the Israeli Linux > users know about the current crop of eBook readers? > Any recommendations? > > Do the following requirements make sense? > 1. Ability to display PDF files. > 2. Full-fledged browser for displaying locally-cached > HTML files. > 3. Ability to display text files from the Gutenberg > project. > 4. Full Unicode (including BiDi handling) support. > 5. Optional lighting, battery powered, for at least 12 > hours (for reading at night when there is power > outage). > 6. Display dimensions: about 36 by 23 cm (14-15 by > 9-10 inches), for convenient display of two book pages > side by side. > 7. Ability to display two windows, side by side, each > one displaying different content. > 8. Capacity: at least 10GB (enough to store the entire > Hebrew Wikipedia). > 9. WiFi connection (to download reading materials from > a host PC). > 10. Note: no requirement to read DRM-protected eBooks. > Does there exist an eBook reader, which meets the > above requirements? _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
