Comments on: MiBook http://www.techusers.org/2008/06/26/mibook/ Tech from an e-booker's point of view Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:07:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: john smit http://www.techusers.org/2008/06/26/mibook/comment-page-1/#comment-6320 john smit Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:12:34 +0000 http://www.techusers.org/?p=116#comment-6320 I wish someone would turn or hack a cheap $20 or $30 5 inch or 4 inch lcd digital photo frame into a ebook reader for text and rtf files. Ideally it should have 4gb storage from a sdd card with a long battery life or the option to turn the backlight off. A lcd displays don't consume much power this could extend the battery life. Ebook readers like the amazon kindle and sony ereader cost as much as a laptop at present.what a rip off.I mean $250 to $400 for a ebookreader. I don't want to pay that much on principle. Even a mini netbook is unsuitable for ebook reading due to the short battery life. A low power low cost photoframe would be ideal. I am surprised that no one has done this hack.The focus seems to be turning photo frame into video displays for which they are not really designed due to their poor frame rate. They would are more suited to be ebook readers. Anyone up for this challenge? I wish someone would turn or hack a cheap $20 or $30 5 inch or 4 inch lcd digital photo frame into a ebook reader for text and rtf files.

Ideally it should have 4gb storage from a sdd card with a long battery life or the option to turn the backlight off.

A lcd displays don’t consume much power this could extend the battery life.

Ebook readers like the amazon kindle and sony ereader cost as much as a laptop at present.what a rip off.I mean $250 to $400 for a ebookreader.
I don’t want to pay that much on principle.

Even a mini netbook is unsuitable for ebook reading due to the short battery life.
A low power low cost photoframe would be ideal.

I am surprised that no one has done this hack.The focus seems to be turning photo frame into video displays for which they are not really designed due to their poor frame rate.

They would are more suited to be ebook readers.

Anyone up for this challenge?

]]> By: J http://www.techusers.org/2008/06/26/mibook/comment-page-1/#comment-5675 J Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:29:21 +0000 http://www.techusers.org/?p=116#comment-5675 yup, same as the 7xl. read amazon.com reviews...nuff' said yup, same as the 7xl. read amazon.com reviews…nuff’ said

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