Ok folks, if your not familar with them, check them out! the info i have is on the reb1100, however, i soon hope to have info on the reb1200, please visit rca.com to check theese puppies out, theese would be nice units if you could run your own os
im going to copy out important information on the reb1100 and leave the links i found the data from on the end, i can get theese units cheaper then the average joe(legaly) so if you get a new os running on theese, i will offer one to you at the discounted price (about 20% difference)
here we go...
reb1100 (not color, but the 1200 is and the 1200 also has built in ethernet!)
Weight: 17 ounces
Memory: 8MB upgradable with SmartMedia cards (8MB - 128MB) Communications: internal V.34+, 33.6K modem
USB port for pc connection
Infrared port (IrDA 1.0)
Battery Life: rechargeable Lithium-Ion internal batteries capable of 15 hours with the back-light on and 35 hours with the back-light off.
Screen: Back lit (4.75" x 3") (reb1200 is bigger and in color) Monochrome STN LCD Touch screen
ok thats the basic information that consumers get ahold of on this unit, like i keep pointing out, the 1200 is better, but i only have data on the 1100 right now just to grab intrest in this whole project
Maverick EP7212 processor used in the REB1100
resolution is 320x480
Less is known about the REB1200, which is being billed as a larger, more feature-rich e-book reader with a backlit color display reportedly offering 12 times the screen resolution of a handheld computer. The REB1200 has an Ethernet connection in addition to the modem and 8 Mbytes of storage capacity that can be supplemented with Compact Flash memory cards.
a file in the firmware that sits on the processor in RCA's REB1200 reader prevents a hacker program or any other file
from being loaded onto the device
( i assume this is the same on the 1100, they are worried about people stealing books? laugh, or they have heard about the i-opener ;P )
ok if you want the urls go to
http://www.handhelds.org/z/irclog/20010104
and do a find in page for reb1*
