Vickie Cyr
I WANT ONE and I am NOT a student!!! Will one be able to download other texts besides reference books?
Ed
\"the creators of the Kno wondered why digital textbook technology was slow to enter the seat of learning.\" Blame it all on Sony. They started out in this e-reader scene with a proprietary book format. That limited the hardware to only Sony products in order to read the ebook. Now with the Kindle, there is yet another proprietary format. Add to that secure PDF which few readers support and now you\'ve got a hodge-podge of formats that none of the ereaders availble will read them all!
Anumakonda Jagadeesh
Marvelous. Information through miniature gadget.

Dr.A.Jagadeesh Nellore(AP),India
Facebook User
This shows how much Star Trek was an influence on science and technical developement.
How many times did you see Capt. Kirk , Spock, Or Engineer Scotty reading from a digital
device on an item from literature to a technical manual?.

On a contemporary note. Imagine having access to a city library in your own home?
Mr Stiffy
While portability, weight and power consumption is an noble cause, sometimes I just get soooooooo crabby and irritable about piddly devices with tiny flush buttons and idiot displays with tiny writing ........
Grumble, grumble, grumble.....
I also hate these idiot companies that bring out proprietary software and proprietary documentation formats, and exclusive licensing deals and and and and
Grumble, grumble, grumble.....
Oh excellent - some bloody NON \"corporate moron types\" brought out a reader that is BIG, it\'s EASY to ready everything, and it reads EVERYTHING....
Reading this article is like gaining mental relief after being badly constipated for several months, from the usual high tech bullshit and lousy customer service from the tech\'s in the service department who don\'t even know how their own products work, much less post the info on their website with their own products.....
Grumble, grumble, grumble.....
Grumble, grumble, grumble.....
I don\'t need one, but I\'d sure LIKE to have one.
William H Lanteigne
Count me as one who would like to have one, especially if it has a smartphone or ipad\'s ability to surf the web, run apps, send/receive emails- and, unlike the ipad, make phone calls- on any network. so make it dual or quad band capable.
dariusvons
I keep seeing/hearing comments about why e-readers, and tablets are going to fail, or why this one or that one did... I think gearing these devises for students is a bit short sighted, however students are still really the only people in america who read anything. these things shouldn\'t be aimed only toward students, but buisness men, physicians and people in other various fields that need access to manuals, diagrams, books, legal papers, or any simply texts in general.

as with any e-reader, I think the main problem isn\'t the device (weight, look, feel...) but rather the market... here in america very few people regularly read, let alone read for pleasure. and unless e-textbooks are significantly cheaper (less than a quarter the price of an analog equivalent... as they should be) ALL electronic textbooks will fail regardless of applications or anything else.

I wonder, does the device have USB ports? and if I already have e-books, textbooks, and manuals on my PC or laptop, how easy would it be to add them to this?

also will the linux kernel be open or closed?
EndoAgain
This is interesting, though the cost factor of the \'epub\' or \'ebook\' could be a problem to overcome. Students typically have to buy textbooks, which are in the price range of $50-$300. How easy it would be to purchase one epub, and copy it, to share with friends who also have this \'kno\' or \'ereader\'. Not sure how sharing restrictions on the \'epub\' files will be input and if publishers will even go for this...?
David Larson
I see this as the start of great things. DIY manuals in full size with integrated videos, magazines in an easily viewable format, larger photo albums without space. now if they can \"get with it\" and be real computers too so your current programs can be loaded to work with at the same time. WHY have separate readers and computers? integrate a mike and speaker so VoIp can be there. video conference on one screen while white boarding or writing on the other. I WANT ONE-- when they add these things.
gary
The Kno is way cool but it will unavoidable spawn a need for peripherals like a folding keyboard, a kick-stand and software to link two of them back to back for one-on-one tutoring or a teepee program so you can fold in backwards into a tent shape and duplicate the pages and actions for sharing. I like gadgets that immediately start me thinking about supporting devises and applications.