http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/ Engadget Comments for IREX 8.1-inch DR 800SG e-reader now listed at Best Buy for $449 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/
Somehow the Nook seems so much more... innovative... desirable... to me.]]>Oct 23rd 2009 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/Oct 23rd 2009 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/Oct 23rd 2009 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/
because not all useful information comes in paperbacks.]]>Oct 24th 2009 2:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/I wanna turn my entire house into a giant ebook.]]>Oct 23rd 2009 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/Oct 23rd 2009 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/Oct 23rd 2009 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/Oct 23rd 2009 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/Oct 23rd 2009 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/
I hate to break this to you, but there's not a new MacBook in existence that you can get for US $449.00.

May I direct you to the iPod Touch 64gb for US $399.00?

It's a groundbreakingly powerful pocket computer featuring a library of over 85.000 apps, including several e-book readers that put (even) the Kindle to shame... So I've been informed. ;-)]]>Oct 23rd 2009 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/Oct 24th 2009 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/
Won't buy if it does a silly "Sony dollar to pound" type of conversion though here in the U.K.

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I hope i-rex does a fair conversion rate for europe, I don't think elitism fits in the eReader market at the moment. >430€ would be an error no matter it is pen enabled or not.]]>Oct 23rd 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/Oct 23rd 2009 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/Oct 23rd 2009 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/
For those that think the Nook is "better" keep in mind that the Nook has a much smaller screen and is more difficult to annotate without a stylus. This thing is designed for people who like to open big PDFs and/or scribble on the page. I do a lot of proofreading and have been eager to get away from the PC and go to a reader to do it. Kindle is lousy at selecting stuff, the Sony reader touch screen adds way to much glare, and the Nook is questionable at this point how well it will allow for annotations. This thing was what I was hoping for. The Wacom digitizer (thus the huge stylus) is under the e-ink screen so not only is it accurate, but does not cause glare. Books can be read, and the system navigated without the stylus (admittedly clunky without it), but it is not like you would need the stylus out at all times. Plus fancier wacom pens are available aftermarket.

I guess I am just still hoping it was a horrible mistake and they meant to drop it to $349]]>Oct 23rd 2009 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/Oct 23rd 2009 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/Oct 23rd 2009 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/Oct 23rd 2009 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/
The flash is analogous to the flash when you flip the pages of a paper book. The only difference is that you've gotten used to it on a paper book. If you use an e-ink reader you quickly get used to the flash and ignore it.
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Cheaper would be better but it's still very attractive to me.]]>Oct 24th 2009 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/
Oh and the flash is annoying, but pretty much all e-ink does it. I figure I can just apply an old trick when I was a welder in college. I used an LCD glass welding helmet that would auto-tint when it detected the flash. This was back in the early 90s so there was a bit of a delay, just a fraction of a second, but enough to burn your retinas after a couple hundred times per day. Anyway, I just learned to blink at the exact moment I pulled the trigger. Got to be second nature and effortless. I suppose I will try to do the same for the eReader. Of course if I do see the redraw, it's not like it will cause physical pain, just annoyance, so maybe I won't care as much.]]>Oct 23rd 2009 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/Oct 23rd 2009 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/
When IREX gets out an update that allows annotation on top of ebooks, then I'll definitely be interested in this reader. Unfortunately that won't be out immediately.]]>Oct 23rd 2009 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/
I've been using a tablet for e-book textbook annotations for several months now, and I like it, but I'd prefer the more paper-like screen.

The size and annotation support would be necessary for me, and I just haven't seen that combo implemented anywhere else.]]>Oct 24th 2009 2:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/I'm definitely interested in these ebook readers, I"ve been holding out for color. There's also that rumor that Apple is going to mac a tablet. If it has color, I think it I might use it as one, I'll burn a hole in my wallet, but at least I'll get a color ebook reader.

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The Irex have a MSRP of $399, with a cover included. Best Buy probably screwed the products details, as the technical specs are plain wrong too.
A nook with a cover will cost you $290. $110 more, and you get a 182% bigger, touchscreen enabled screen while keeping the same dimension.

And, alas, they forgotten to add a a cover fixation system on the Nook like all the others brands. So the Nook cover are horrible and made the device super bulky :
http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/44550000/44553849.JPG]]>Oct 23rd 2009 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/8789/26203kindledxvskindle2v.jpg]]>Oct 23rd 2009 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/
Works for Apple.]]>Oct 23rd 2009 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/Oct 23rd 2009 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/Oct 24th 2009 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/Oct 24th 2009 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/Oct 24th 2009 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/Oct 24th 2009 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/I hope the new Plastic Logic QUE is better than what they were showing.
Otherwise they are not going to make it...]]>Oct 25th 2009 3:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/Oct 25th 2009 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/irex-8-1-inch-dr-800sg-e-reader-now-listed-at-best-buy-for-449/Oct 27th 2009 11:20AM