Home Page Reader uses a 10-key numeric keypad interface so that blind and visually impaired users can interact with their computers and navigate the Internet.

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If you switch to The Old Reader, be warned that there is no mobile interface and that importing your current feeds might be tricky at the moment.

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As I mentioned, the overall software is based on an unspecified flavor of Linux (definitely not Android), (Tesla is indeed using Linux, confirmed the spokesperson, NOT QNX, as per a tip I received from a reader) and is completely built from the ground up, along with the user interface, by Tesla.

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The Pocket doesn't have WiFi or 3G, so yes, getting books onto the device requires you to get out the USB cord, download Sony's Reader Library software for Mac or PC, and transfer books over through its iTunes-like interface.

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