discussion Digest, Vol 4, Issue 31

Maksim 'max_posedon' Melnikau maxposedon at gmail.com
Wed May 26 04:12:01 EDT 2010


On 5/26/10, Christoph Pulster <openmoko at pulster.de> wrote:
>> On the other hand, the OpenMoko guys designed
>> a purpose built WikiReader with killer battery life.
>> Not sure that has been a success
>
> Speaking as the major Openmoko distributor, I sold 20 Wikireader so far,
> which means a complete fail. The display is B/W, the virtual keyboard is
> pain, no pictures with the Wiki.

Its might be because wikireader not very interesting for hackers, but
might be interested for end-users.

btw, I'm a bit confused

http://www.amazon.com/WikiReader-WR-01-Pocket-Wikipedia/dp/B002N5521W/

http://www.amazon.com/Pandigital-Handheld-Electronic-Encyclopedia-PANREADER01/dp/B0039NLVB2/

same wikireaders (even with different places in amazon tops), 2nd one
from Pandigital

I missed info when Pandigital started sell it, but doesn't it means
that wikireader have success?

Maksim 'max_posedon' Melnikau




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