Dell sells EBook reader based on Linux

[Dave Germiquet]

Hi Lennart,

I bought one for my wife, and I was wondering if you need windows for
this Digital book or if you can use linux to get the books.

Do you know?

>> Things that I noted:
>>
>> - OS is Linux (but does not imply that it is hackable)
>>
>> - only 640 x 480 display (less than my Nokia n800)
>>
>> - Arm9 processor at 200MHz; 1GB flash; 32MB RAM
>>
>> - battery supports "up to 22 hours" of continuous use.
>>
>> - 227g
>>
>> - Formats Supported : HTML, EBA, EBAML (EBA2.0), TXT, PDF, BMP, JPG, GIF,
>>   Animated GIF, MP3
>>
>> Note: Expected Release Date: July 24th 2009
>
> I believe the display on the sony 505 is 800x600 with 8 level grey scale.
> It too runs linux, although I don't know if anyone has bothered to
> hack it.  Battery life is supposed to be 7500 page turns.
>
> If you play mp3's on it, well then you are just nuts.  Get a tiny mp3
> player instead.
>
> The list of supported file formats looks similar, although I don't see
> LIT or EPUB listed above.  The sony is about 2/3 as thick too which is
> rather nice.
>
> So, my wife has the sony prs-505, as do a few other people I know.
> It's very sloid, nicely designed, works well and costs $300.
>
> This one honestly looks clumsy and cheap in comparison for slightly
> smaller screen (but a bit more flash space).
>
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