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I know they could sell more than books and coffee ! ]]>Oct 14th 2009 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/
But I have to agree with ogmo... Long battery life really is a priority for me on an e-reader. ]]>Oct 14th 2009 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/
let's let them release the thing and announce specs before you make these sorts of claims. I would highly doubt that the LCD can't be turned off completely.

THIS THING IS HOT. This provides soooooo much more functionality to the e-reader. Navigating through material, viewing embedded video/pictures, a touchscreen keyboard that's at least semi-usable, a good web browser. I would totally buy this thing, even at $400. Throw in 10 free books, and free data for a year, and I'm all over this thing.]]>Oct 14th 2009 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/
Page turn speed is probably the biggest thing that needs fixed at this point. There is no analog to flipping through a book looking for some scene. Even if you can search for a word or phrase, that's very hit or miss. A tiny LCD is not going to cover it .. you have to be able to visually scan all the text on a page quickly. E-paper page turn speed is just not fast enough for that yet.

And finally, the truly biggest issue: are the books you want to read available for your device?]]>Oct 14th 2009 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/By the way, with this, we're actually one step closer to those Star Trek, next generation tablets that everyone uses for reports and tea time readings. LOVE IT :)]]>Oct 14th 2009 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/So yes, it may use a bit more battery than the Kindle and Sony's readers, but it should make the user experience considerably better.]]>Oct 14th 2009 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/
The article says that they intend to make up the difference with ebook sales, but then immediately after claims that their books will be published at a significant discount. Something here doesn't add up.]]>Oct 14th 2009 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/
It is nice that this is not yet another re-packaging of the same old e-ink display. I would be interested if the resolution was higher for pdf and comic viewing.]]>Oct 14th 2009 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/
I imagine that the lower color more-energy-consuming portion would go into standby to reduce battery consumption. It still has the paddle wheels on the side to flip pages. You will likely only need to see the lower half when selecting a book, article, or journal or when you want to make notes.]]>Oct 14th 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/
That is absurd, since mobipocket reader (also an Amazon product) has been available free on every smartphone and PDA for years, and it has access to essentially the same electrinic bookstore that Kindle does.]]>Oct 14th 2009 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/
ha 49 a month for an iphone? iphone users wish.]]>Oct 14th 2009 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/
Doodle margin notes - the biggest one!
Display a persistent, clickable table of contents
...]]>Oct 14th 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/
* a decent job with a variety of formats, Doc, PDF, ePub, HTM, etc.
* Has a good way to do annotations and take notes
* Does not have a monthly subscription fee for connectivity
* Sells for less than $300

Things that would be nice, that I am hoping for

* A somewhat usable browser
* Ability to use the LCD screen as a touchpad for selecting links, or words for lookup, add notations, circle/highlight words, etc.
* Play audio, even better if it could play background music using the LCD screen while navigating. Text to speech would be nice.
]]>Oct 14th 2009 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/
I'm sure one day a tablet PC will have astounding battery life and with a decent "ink" screen will do everything in one. Until then, compromise.!

I use my iPod for music, games, apps. My Song PRS505 for books. Good for me for the next few years.]]>Oct 14th 2009 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/I don't think these devices will get below $100, unless they are the smaller more "pocket" sized ones. $200 is not an unreasonable price for such a device, perhaps around $150 is a decent price point that starts to get them mainstream. Saying that, more and more people at airports have them so they are already finding their niche's. ]]>Oct 14th 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/Oct 14th 2009 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/
Absolutely.. Nobody else makes rectangular white plastic gadgets.. .]]>Oct 14th 2009 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/barnes-and-noble-twin-screen-e-reader-revealed-early/
Battery life sucks but that is a small price to pay for the advantages. I'm trying to limit the number of gadgets in my pocket. Unless you need to highlight and annotate or want to read comics and use graphics the iPhone screen is big enough. I get 100 words per page so it is quite adequate.

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