Taking notes on the iRex DR1000S: Stylus response time

From: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=474999

This is a video showing the Wacom stylus response rates on the iRex DR1000S. This is an active stylus and responds only to the special Wacom pen (and not your fingers, palm, wrist, etc.), which prevents "accidental" scribbles. I wanted to post this because while I find the stylus invaluable and the lag time perfectly acceptable, not everyone appears to be happy with the response time eink offers. Hopefully, this well let the curious judge for themselves.

The Plastic Logic reader is also supposed to permit eink writing, but preliminary demos suggest that the response time isn't as fast as the DR. More here: http://gizmodo.com/5271693/plastic-logic-e-book-reader-video-tour-and-hands-on

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• iRex
• DR1000S
• Digital
• Reader
• ereader
• eink
• stylus
• Wacom
• response
• time
• writing
• lag
• scribbling
• notes

[ecsyntric]

what's up with the murder gloves? was the demo right before the getaway?

[warvad]

@ecsyntric Comment of the year.

[LeClassics]

The difference is that one is LED backlit, the other isn't. Backlit screens cause eye strain far more quickly. It that were not the case, might as well stick with a netbook.

[9kolajbertelsen]

looks awesome! expected release in beginnig of 2010 - a revolution

[openuniverse2003]

Did you actually provide a link to Gizmodo? Who the hell goes to that toilet anymore? AYRTS? IA?

[Fait2]

You are right. I did have an Iliad but it failed during the warranty period. After months of negotiation, I arrived at an equitable agreement with iRex.

What I said, is, if you have a b/w text document displayed on a tablet PC, it will not be much different than an ebook reader. Neither are really a lot like a paper book, which are never really b/w anyway as the paper is more ivory or yellow in tone. But time marches on, doesn't it? :-)

[uvebeenchucked]

I thought you said you had an iliad...

Are you saying that a word document on a pc looks like an iliad?

Amazing! What monitor are you using? Mine is a back lit lcd and as far as I was aware, thats what most monitors are these days.

[Fait2]

With most stylus-equipped devices, it consumes no power unless the stylus is on or very near the surface. That's why you are advised not to leave the stylus lying on the screen.

To replicate the appearance of a book? You can easily set most devices to eliminate color and have only black and white on the screen. In fact, if you are reading a normal text file, that's exactly what you have anyway. Unless it is a book with that new-fangled invention, color type and pictures.

[uvebeenchucked]

Well I turn off wifi, turn off the auto rotate, and the dx doesnt have a stylus like the irex, so thats less power too.

And I only read for about an hour each night + a couple of hours on the train every other week. But still.

Tablet PCs are cool if thats what you want, but the whole point of eink is to replicate the appearance of a book, which makes it incomparable to a tablet pc in terms of a reading experience.

[Fait2]

A month!!?? How many hours is that? I thought the original 15 hours on the iRex was good. To last a month for me, battery life would have to be around 30 to 40 hours.

BTW, I am replacing my Iliad with a tablet PC. I can read ebooks, view videos, check email, and write documents. Should have thought of that to start with.