http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/ Engadget Comments for Plastic Logic QUE proReader in-depth video hands-on 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/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 7th 2010 11:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 7th 2010 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 8th 2010 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 8th 2010 12:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 8th 2010 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/
It's designed for businesspeople btw not as a consumer book e-reader, but when dealing with executives you'd need more speed really, they pay more and expect speedier stuff I'd say.
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But at the same time, you really have to wonder. The reader is seriously stepping on some tablet toes. It does one thing really well (display text), but when you try and get it to do tabletish things, even as elegant as the Que reader look, it seem quite award.

That and its a thousand dollars...]]>Jan 8th 2010 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/
I do hope others will take a cue, though. It would be nice to have an e-reader like this that can tie work reading (PDFs, articles, etc) into leisure reading (novels, literature) with this sort of feel. Just scrap all the editing stuff for now though.]]>Jan 8th 2010 2:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/
So I can just list all the various readers at once.
(Not meaning to make a big deal of it)]]>Jan 8th 2010 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/
I agree, signed.]]>Jan 8th 2010 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 8th 2010 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 8th 2010 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 8th 2010 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/
Gracias. ]]>Jan 8th 2010 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 8th 2010 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_e-book_readers]]>Jan 8th 2010 2:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 8th 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 8th 2010 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 8th 2010 7:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/
This could be REALLY useful to me if it can integrate with the Safari catalog. I could have all of my dev books at the tip of my fingers *drool*.]]>Jan 8th 2010 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 8th 2010 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 8th 2010 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Yep, needs a faster processor and some better feedback maybe.
Reminds me of windows© right now, doable but not refined :D
]]>Jan 8th 2010 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/do yourself a favor and update the firmware and make the spacebar slightly larger and the homebutton a toggle until another function is used, so hit the home button goes to homescreen, hit it again go back to where you were (undo).

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It also looks like they should make the home button less sensitive or harder to hit. The guy in the video hit by accident 2 or 3 times and got dumped out of what he was doing.]]>Jan 8th 2010 1:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/
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Seems very responsive. Plastic Logic is awesome.]]>Jan 8th 2010 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/
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It is pretty awesome (stellar) compared to other readers.]]>Jan 8th 2010 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/
Stellar? Well, can't say I agree - not in the least, in fact. I've been waiting for the Plastic Logic reader for months and I must say I'm pretty disappointed. As this is meant to be used by professionals and not just for reading books, speed is a crucial factor. I can wait a second to turn a page when I'm reading a novel on my Sony e-book reader, but technical books are not read sequentially from start to finish, and this appalling speed (both in rendering pages and in acknowledging input) makes skimming through a book a nightmare - I'd say practically impossible. It's not at all what I imagined, or need; the only good thing is that it's got a large screen, but for that, any of the competitors (and there are quite a lot now) will do.
All in all it seems a half-baked product that still needs a lot of work, and most probably an upgrade in specs, to be commercially viable.]]>Jan 8th 2010 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 8th 2010 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 8th 2010 12:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 8th 2010 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 8th 2010 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 8th 2010 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 8th 2010 2:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Lack of sd slot of some type is big let down I think.
Also, while seeming to work well within the limitations of the tech it is easy to see the ground that some of the other screen tech is going to attack e-ink on.
..... speed.......
It will be interesting to see where contrast and battery life issues land.]]>Jan 8th 2010 3:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/
I challenge anyone to read more than 3 newspapers, waiting several seconds for each page flip.

"Er.. perhaps... hmmm.. swipe a little slower??"

Things like those distinguish a mature product, or even company, from the rest.

When Apple releases it's tablet many will be disappointed because of the lack of features- it will basically be a big iPhone/Touch with normal 3G and nothing fancy. But I believe there WILL be some nice surprises on the software side, especially how it can handle and display interactive magazine/newspaper content (and the magazineStore/newspaperStore that launches will be awesome).

And most importantly: what the Apple tablet does, it will actually do well. Cudos to Apple for that.]]>Jan 8th 2010 3:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/I watched a several months old video where they showed the reader and the guy asked 'is it always that slow?' then the CEO said 'no no this is pre-production and we didn't optimize that stuff yet\, and now months later is seems even slower, they should either code in assembler (always 5 times faster than c languages) or get a faster CPU, or dedicated logic chip to speed it up, and they should know that since they've been told by more than one potential customer.]]>Jan 8th 2010 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/Jan 8th 2010 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/
This thing is great for reading text books. Don't expect it to do something else. But don't expect us to pay $649 for it. Drop the price to $249 and we might consider.
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Seems like all E-ink displays are slow....I'd like to get one but the slowness is the biggest drawback for me.

I still like the Alex E-reader the best so far.]]>Jan 8th 2010 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/
This trade off makes e-ink great for applications where you will show a page of text and not change it for a while. Books, magazines, and similar.

This is why most readers measure power lifetime in page turns rather than hours.]]>Jan 9th 2010 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/plastic-logic-que-proreader-in-depth-video-hands-on/How many of those are large format?
I hope more come out.
I can't see paying $650 just to veiw word and exel docs (which is all I am going to use it for).
The calendar function is nice if it can be used as a stand alone (I don't need to sync with outlook). ]]>Jan 8th 2010 1:19PM