Comments on: Barnes And Noble eReader Could Run Android [Rumor]

By: Russ Dill

Russ Dill — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:03:42 +0000

Totally false:

http://jaap.haitsma.org/2009/10/09/barnes-and-nobles-reader-uses-gnome/

By: johnkzin

johnkzin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:13:23 +0000

6″ screen?

No thanks.

Put a 9″ screen on it, and then “maybe”.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:15:17 +0000

This is bollocks. [fact]

The refresh rate of e-ink is far to low to support a normal UI. It will definitely be custom software.

It’s *possible* that the underlying system is Android, but that’s just the same as saying it will run linux. Which seems likely.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:16:46 +0000

This could open the door for the Barnes and Noble eBook reader app on the Android Market. iPhone and Blackberry have it. I would definitely use it if it was available in the Market. A good number of the free ebooks viewable at books.google are available for download at B&N. Unfortunately there is no Android reader that reads the format. Speaking of books.google, why no books.google reader app?

By: Jaap

Jaap — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:26:44 +0000

This is just a rumour. This device is the DRS800 G of IREX and it running Linux + GTK+ just as it’s professional brother DRS 1000

By: G

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:17:15 +0000

@Geoff also e-ink is a battery saver.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:59:14 +0000

I don’t see how this will work. Android isn’t designed to run with e-ink and, even if it could it certainly wasn’t made for it which means the lack of color could hamper any positives gained by having the OS.

Otherwise, one could argue that the e-reader won’t use e-ink at all, in which case it’s useless as an e-reader and may as well just be a tablet. There’s a reason why 90% of the e-readers use e-ink instead of LCD/OLED displays and that’s because of eye weariness. Constant reading on a computer for even a couple hours can wear out the eyes and cause headaches.

By: Quasar

Quasar — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:47:53 +0000

This thing could give the Kindle a run for it’s money. That is if the price is low enough and the cost of books is comparable to the Amazon store. I have been tempted to get a Kindle but now I’ll wait and see if this device is better.