<s>
The	O
iLiad	B-Application
was	O
an	O
electronic	O
handheld	O
device	O
,	O
or	O
e-Reader	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
document	O
reading	O
and	O
editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
Barnes	B-Application
and	I-Application
Noble	I-Application
nook	I-Application
,	O
Sony	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
or	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Kindle	I-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
iLiad	B-Application
made	O
use	O
of	O
an	O
electronic	O
paper	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
sales	O
of	O
the	O
iLiad	B-Application
ended	O
when	O
its	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
iRex	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
,	O
filed	O
for	O
bankruptcy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
display	O
used	O
is	O
an	O
active	B-General_Concept
matrix	I-General_Concept
electrophoretic	O
display	O
,	O
which	O
uses	O
E	O
Ink	O
Vizplex	O
Imaging	O
Film	O
manufactured	O
by	O
E	O
Ink	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Underneath	O
the	O
E	O
Ink	O
screen	O
is	O
a	O
digitizing	B-Device
tablet	I-Device
by	O
WACOM	O
which	O
requires	O
a	O
stylus	B-Device
for	O
input	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
it	O
was	O
introduced	O
,	O
the	O
Iliad	B-Application
had	O
largest	O
screen	O
size	O
of	O
existing	O
e-paper	O
products	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
newer	O
iRex	B-Application
Digital	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
1000	I-Application
's	O
display	O
is	O
the	O
largest	O
sold	O
as	O
of	O
early	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iLiad	B-Application
can	O
display	O
document	O
files	O
in	O
several	O
formats	O
,	O
including	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
Mobipocket	O
,	O
XHTML	B-Language
and	O
plain	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
display	O
JPEG	O
,	O
BMP	B-Device
and	O
PNG	O
images	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
in	O
color	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iRex	B-Application
's	O
product	O
page	O
for	O
the	O
iLiad	B-Application
states	O
that	O
"	O
Support	O
for	O
additional	O
E-book	O
formats	O
will	O
become	O
available	O
over	O
the	O
coming	O
months.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
its	O
wireless	O
service	O
,	O
iDS	O
,	O
the	O
iLiad	B-Application
can	O
also	O
directly	O
download	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
connect	O
to	O
their	O
computer	O
over	O
a	O
wireless	O
network	O
to	O
sync	O
new	O
data	O
onto	O
the	O
iLiad	B-Application
's	O
internal	O
memory	O
or	O
an	O
inserted	O
MMC	O
,	O
SD	O
,	O
or	O
CF	B-Device
card	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
distributor	O
of	O
the	O
iLiad	B-Application
is	O
iRex	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
,	O
a	O
Philips	O
spin-off	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
advanced	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
iLiad	B-Application
is	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
add	O
notes	O
to	O
existing	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
integrated	O
Wacom	O
tablet	O
and	O
stylus	B-Device
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
write	O
directly	O
on	O
almost	O
any	O
document	O
and	O
those	O
notes	O
will	O
remain	O
on	O
that	O
document	O
whenever	O
it	O
is	O
viewed	O
on	O
the	O
iLiad	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
its	O
open	O
Linux	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
the	O
iLiad	B-Application
was	O
able	O
to	O
run	O
third	O
party	O
applications	O
created	O
for	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
and	O
users	O
wishing	O
to	O
create	O
or	O
run	O
third	O
party	O
applications	O
had	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
request	O
shell	B-Operating_System
access	I-Operating_System
from	O
the	O
manufacturer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
improve	O
on	O
the	O
device	O
's	O
functionality	O
by	O
porting	O
viewers	O
such	O
as	O
FBReader	B-Language
,	O
and	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
abiword	B-Language
and	O
stardict	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Full	O
screen	O
PDF	B-Application
reading	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
by	O
community-supported	O
iPDF	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
independent	O
users	O
reported	O
successful	O
porting	O
of	O
mobile	O
web	O
browsers	O
to	O
iLiad	B-Application
's	O
Linux	O
platform	O
,	O
although	O
with	O
limited	O
functionality	O
and	O
many	O
bugs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2007	O
,	O
iRex	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
released	O
an	O
update	O
to	O
the	O
iLiad	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
officially	O
called	O
"	O
iLiad	B-Application
2nd	O
Edition	O
"	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
generally	O
noted	O
as	O
a	O
minor	O
update	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2.11	O
software	O
,	O
which	O
contains	O
stylus	B-Device
calibration	O
,	O
extended	O
battery	O
life	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
things	O
,	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
to	O
first-generation	O
iLiads	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2008	O
,	O
iRex	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
added	O
a	O
third	O
installment	O
to	O
the	O
iLiad	B-Application
line	O
of	O
products	O
,	O
this	O
time	O
branded	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
iLiad	B-Application
Book	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
iLiad	B-Application
Version	O
2	O
without	O
WiFi	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
silver	O
look	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
June	O
2010	O
,	O
iRex	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
of	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
filed	O
for	O
Bankruptcy	O
protection	O
.	O
</s>
