iLiad

The iLiad was an electronic handheld device, or e-Reader, which could be used for document reading and editing. Like the Barnes and Noble nook, Sony Reader or Amazon Kindle, the iLiad made use of an electronic paper display. In 2010, sales of the iLiad ended when its parent company, iRex Technologies, filed for bankruptcy. Description Main specifications: electronic paper display, area for displaying content is 124x165mm resolution of 768x1024 pixels, 160 dpi 16 levels of grayscale USB connector for external storage CompactFlash Type II slot for memory extension or other applications MultiMediaCard slot for MMC memory cards 3.5 mm stereo audio jack for a headset WiFi 802.11g wireless LAN 10/100 Mbit/s wired LAN weight 400 MHz Intel XScale processor 64 MB RAM 256 MB internal flash memory, 128 for user, 128 for system Linux-based operating system, 2.4 kernel SDK provided, so functionality is easily extended It measures 155 × 216 × 16 mm (width × height × depth), the size of an A5 document, or roughly a 6"×9" steno notebook. The display used is an active matrix electrophoretic display, which uses E Ink Vizplex Imaging Film manufactured by E Ink Corporation. Underneath the E Ink screen is a digitizing tablet by WACOM which requires a stylus for input. When it was introduced, the Iliad had largest screen size of existing e-paper products, but the newer iRex Digital Reader 1000's display is the largest sold as of early 2011. The iLiad can display document files in several formats, including PDF, Mobipocket, XHTML and plain text. It can also display JPEG, BMP and PNG images, but not in color. As of May 3, 2007 Mobipocket is supported, making the mobipocket digital rights management (DRM) content available on this platform. iRex's product page for the iLiad states that "Support for additional E-book formats will become available over the coming months."