Cube's 6-inch capacitive touchscreen e-reader is a Windows Mobile 6.5 fantasyland
By Thomas Ricker 
posted February 9th 2010 5:59AM
posted February 9th 2010 5:59AM
posted February 9th 2010 5:59AM
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But why would you run winmo?
@BUNT2
Because there are a number of excellent platforms for book reading on WinMo
-uBook
-Adobe Reader Mobile (the little known version 2.5 is excellent!)
-Microsoft Reader
-Mobipocket
-probably others I've not used enough to remember.
I've been using my IPAQ HX4700 ( 4" screen, VGA resolution) for over 5years to read books using these programs. I also have a Sony Reader. The IPAQ gets much more use.
Of course, you have to be able to install these on the "Cube" reader.
@UMPCman proud HX4700 owner reporting in... you need to mention that your device has had OS upgrades from WinMo 2003 to WinMo 6.1 / Familiar.
This baby ain't dying, and Cube's device can be even more of a win!
@BUNT2 There's nothing wrong with using WM, IMO. It has lots of good to great 3rd party software. The main issue I have with WM is that upgrading the OS is nearly impossible. It's not that it costs money to upgrade -- rather, upgrades are just not available.
@blland Quite right. I have upgrade my HX4700 to 6.1. It wasn't hard, but the average non-tech user might not agree.
Definitely worth it.
@UMPCman The upgrade process is pretty simple...sourcing roms is the problem. The HX4700 fortunately had a big enough and skilled enough user base that there's maybe a dozen hacked roms out there (the official HP WM5 rom kinda sucked...), but the majority of other WM devices out there have only the support of the manufacturer...and they'd rather release a new device for you to buy than rom you can download.
@BUNT2 One of the biggest complaints of WinMo is that it can be sluggish and not very user friendly. Well With an E-reader the sluggishness of the OS is not an issue, and the entire thing will be overlayed with a custom UI. So essentially none of the weaknesses of Winmo will be eveident.
Freaky Foto
This ad is one level up compared to those from Korea. Nobody really cares about the product right? Just what's on the picture... XD
@cashclientel Haha - I was going to write Freaky Photoshop Eyes!
When I see it, I'll believe it
That girl is creepy...
@santela but seductive enough to make me think with my trous...I mean diaper. -_-!
@santela
Creepy? Hell no! She is F-I-N-E
@D3rwin
If your an anime hentai fan. That chick would scare me if I bumped into her.
@autobot I don't think scared is an emotion I'd have when bumping into her. ;)
@hobbes28 I was thinking the same thing... guess these guys think girls are 'icky' or somethin....
If your product is not so outstanding take outstanding models. Dont know why but this language also looks like insects crawling on my skin.
@Endrowid unfortunately, Chinese people do consider it a thing of beauty. Probably because it's ours. *shrug* Can't make you change your mind, of course.
But is it a cube?
i don't know, the face looks more like cgi than a polished photo of a real person... but maybe it's just a case of too much photoshop
NAIS!!! HAU MUCH!!
I'll take it!
What were we talking about again?
I like how they used fantasyland with that picture......*sigh*.....
Eight. Inch. Cube.
Marvel did say it saw no reason why such price points could not be reached this year for e-readers given its new chip package.
It would be nice if the sudden ubiquitous flood of devices included some underdog no-name companies out of the east with some 'cut them off at the knees' pricing.
Similar to what happened with DVD players a few years ago, where it turned out that not only wasn't it true that a player needed to cost $200 or $300 but that one could be built and delivered with even more features for $75 or even less.
Does Apple know a company is using it's Cube name? Get the lawyers...quick!
Maybe my Korean isn't that good, but I think it's an ad for a new sex robot that can also read e-books to you...
@Magicland
Your Korean is actually horrible, because the language in that poster is Chinese. Fail.
Cube wha? Those eyes are amazing!
If this thing will run Microsoft Reader and I can really get it for under $200, I might be sold. Main reason I haven't bought a Kindle or anything like that, and the main reason I've been using WinMo phones (and a Dell Axim x51 before that) is because I have a ton of books in the .lit format.
I think 6-7 inch is perfect for reading, and for general use as a MID. I ahve a Sony PRS 505 and it is fine, but the extra inch would be appreciated.
As for Windows Mobile and an e-ink screen, that remains to be seen. Many of the UI elements (e.g. the titanium home screen) require speedy graphics refresh rates, which is just not possible with e-ink technology. Kinetic scrolling would be an option either.
@ZSX "but the extra inch would be appreciated"
that's what she said
What ever she's selling, I am buying.