- 8.1" ePaper, E Ink Display. Read in Full Daylight
- Free Software Updates
- WiFi, USB, and Ethernet connections
- Portable reading for pdfs, Mobipocket Books, HTML, TXT
- Stores thousands of documents with external memory
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The iLiad 2nd Edition is a portable eReader. Read and Write notes with the Wacom stylus. Annotating pdfs is easy as writing on paper. Store notes in the notes folder. No more paper! Print documents to the iLiad documents folder. Store Mobipocket Books, in the Books folder. Mobipocket company with more than 50,000 books for sale. Les Echos a Paris business newspaper subscription available for additional charge.
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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Learn from my mistake and avoid purchasing any iRex product.
I purchased an iRex iLiad three years ago. At first, it was everything that I'd been looking for, but then overnight it began freezing up and requiring use of the emergency reset button on the back (which also occasionally didn't function).
And then, after <100 uses, the battery stopped taking a charge.
Tech support? Nonexistent! No responses to voice mail left at iRex's California number. Impossible to open an online tech support account, and iRex refuses tech support email unless you submit to a ridiculously cumbersome registration process (which, based on 6 unsuccessful attempts to register, doesn't work). Responses to 3 emails to their corporate offices? None.
I now have a "portable" book reader that works only when plugged into an AC socket. Portable, NOT!
My only small consolation is an admittedly negative one: we advise 3000+ field operatives on tech issues, and iRex has likely lost dozens of US and Canadian sales. After 3 months of trying to get an acceptable response - in fact, ANY response - I think that I can objectively recommend against purchase of iRex products.
I purchased an iRex iLiad three years ago. At first, it was everything that I'd been looking for, but then overnight it began freezing up and requiring use of the emergency reset button on the back (which also occasionally didn't function).
And then, after <100 uses, the battery stopped taking a charge.
Tech support? Nonexistent! No responses to voice mail left at iRex's California number. Impossible to open an online tech support account, and iRex refuses tech support email unless you submit to a ridiculously cumbersome registration process (which, based on 6 unsuccessful attempts to register, doesn't work). Responses to 3 emails to their corporate offices? None.
I now have a "portable" book reader that works only when plugged into an AC socket. Portable, NOT!
My only small consolation is an admittedly negative one: we advise 3000+ field operatives on tech issues, and iRex has likely lost dozens of US and Canadian sales. After 3 months of trying to get an acceptable response - in fact, ANY response - I think that I can objectively recommend against purchase of iRex products.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
The ILIAD Reader is of a very poor quality indeed. This is a very, very expensive piece of kit that as an electronic reader fails on every level:
1) It is TERRIBLY SLOW: it takes for ever to get started, for ever more to find the book you need, and like a tortoise when it comes to turning pages!
2) It is big and heavy: most unconfortable to hold in your hand,bulky to carry with you around.
3) It is very temperamental: I had problems with it from the begining as it would not be recognised by my computer. Also, when you are out there and in the middle of your reading experience...it all of a sudden friezes for no reason!
4) It is supposed to work with mobipocket: forget it, if what you want to use it for is books with tables and graphics (like medical books, for example), as these apppear SO SMALL that you will not be able to read them!
5) It is supposed to work with Adobe: again out of luck here, as very often the writting on the adobe documents is quite packed and small. You then need to blow it up... sounds simple?..well, IT IS NOT. You will be forever struggling with the stupid system the Iliad reader uses for this, that blows up the page you are viewing...leaving on sight only one section of it at a time. The problem is that a lot of the time you end up with the wrong bit of page! And on and on you struggle to get that right, which TAKES FOR EVER (very slow this machine...remember?) AND consumes all the battery.
6) And last, but not least, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS AWFUL: you will be confronted with a totaly inpersonal system whereby your questions go into anebulous cibernetic territory from which you get thrown back a reply that comes about one week later, signed by an anonymous assistant (you will NOT deal with a person), that will give you a very general reply and will not accept any responsability. And the more inpatient you get, the thicker the wall that isolates you from 'them', the more delayed the answers, the more unsuported you feel (YOU ARE).
And all of this at an outrageously expensive price! When I bought it I naively assumed the high price would be buying me high quality!!!
At least you won't be able to say that nobody warned you...
1) It is TERRIBLY SLOW: it takes for ever to get started, for ever more to find the book you need, and like a tortoise when it comes to turning pages!
2) It is big and heavy: most unconfortable to hold in your hand,bulky to carry with you around.
3) It is very temperamental: I had problems with it from the begining as it would not be recognised by my computer. Also, when you are out there and in the middle of your reading experience...it all of a sudden friezes for no reason!
4) It is supposed to work with mobipocket: forget it, if what you want to use it for is books with tables and graphics (like medical books, for example), as these apppear SO SMALL that you will not be able to read them!
5) It is supposed to work with Adobe: again out of luck here, as very often the writting on the adobe documents is quite packed and small. You then need to blow it up... sounds simple?..well, IT IS NOT. You will be forever struggling with the stupid system the Iliad reader uses for this, that blows up the page you are viewing...leaving on sight only one section of it at a time. The problem is that a lot of the time you end up with the wrong bit of page! And on and on you struggle to get that right, which TAKES FOR EVER (very slow this machine...remember?) AND consumes all the battery.
6) And last, but not least, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS AWFUL: you will be confronted with a totaly inpersonal system whereby your questions go into anebulous cibernetic territory from which you get thrown back a reply that comes about one week later, signed by an anonymous assistant (you will NOT deal with a person), that will give you a very general reply and will not accept any responsability. And the more inpatient you get, the thicker the wall that isolates you from 'them', the more delayed the answers, the more unsuported you feel (YOU ARE).
And all of this at an outrageously expensive price! When I bought it I naively assumed the high price would be buying me high quality!!!
At least you won't be able to say that nobody warned you...
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
For the price, you would expect this system to be a WHOLE lot better than the competition. The main advantage this system has over the Sony, or the Kindle is its support of open formats so that you aren't locked into one particular source for books (though Sony has opened up it's content somewhat to allow you to add non-DRM content which has been a big plus -- the Sony store and the LRF format is still provide superior and more enjoyable formats because they were custom made for the reader).
The interface and the feel of the iLiad is much better than the Kindle. However, I still like the Sony better for the solid construction -- not to mention the price. If the iLiad was in the same cost range as its competitors, it would probably be a much more serious contender. However as it stands now, you can buy 2 kindles or a kindle + a sony for what it costs for the iLiad. That will significantly limit the Iliad's ability to cut into the market share that the Kindle and Sony readers are starting to carve out.
The interface and the feel of the iLiad is much better than the Kindle. However, I still like the Sony better for the solid construction -- not to mention the price. If the iLiad was in the same cost range as its competitors, it would probably be a much more serious contender. However as it stands now, you can buy 2 kindles or a kindle + a sony for what it costs for the iLiad. That will significantly limit the Iliad's ability to cut into the market share that the Kindle and Sony readers are starting to carve out.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
There isn't any better for visually impaired
The other reviews are pretty accurate. However, if you have a loved one who is severely visually impaired (400+/20) there isn't another choice that I'm aware of. Read more
Published 7 months ago by J. Lingenfelder
iliad Book Edition Review
Good ereader, easy to read screen, i always found it hard to read books on a computer screen, and this feels just like reading the pages from a real book. Read more
Published 10 months ago by masa6614
acceptable product
I don't want to give it back as long as I do not have a pocketbook or something like this.
I like:
- the 8" display
- that the batterie is not empty... Read more
I like:
- the 8" display
- that the batterie is not empty... Read more
Published 17 months ago by chatairliner
Absurdly delicate display
A couple of months ago, I bought an iRex iLiad. It lasted a whole two weeks.
I don't know if it's common to all e-ink displays, but the display on the iLiad is unusably... Read more
I don't know if it's common to all e-ink displays, but the display on the iLiad is unusably... Read more
Published on June 2, 2009 by C. H. L. Moller
Awesome!
I love this thing!
Finally somebody has figured out how to provide an electronic device that allows you to eliminate paper. Read more
Finally somebody has figured out how to provide an electronic device that allows you to eliminate paper. Read more
Published on December 31, 2008 by BJK
1989 all over again
This is a glorified 1989 IBM PC in the shape of a tablet. Compared to EReader and Amazon, slow and clunky, inversatile and prone to terminal and interminal freezes and... Read more
Published on February 28, 2008 by JLS
Thankyou iRex!!
The irex iliad is just what I need. I can carry sooo many books and is open source so you can create applications for it and the are many people who have created some very good... Read more
Published on January 4, 2008 by MookMook
Finally, a reader which allows you to carry many books!
I love to read and I have a bad back; while I will look forward to being able to use the Iliad for other uses, ultimately I wanted a reader that could carry many books without all... Read more
Published on November 13, 2007 by Suzecav
too much money for too little
I want to like the iRex, but I cant escape the feeling that you should get better software, better performance, and better documentation for a $700 product. Read more
Published on October 20, 2007 by Brian
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