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Old 03-15-2010, 08:23 AM   #46
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The firmware upgrade links are not working for me so I went directly to PBGlobal. But they have only the November release 101.14.2

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Please hold on. We just changed the links. Will be available as soon as possible. Updated!

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Old 03-15-2010, 08:40 AM   #47
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New Firmware 15.1 for PB360°
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http://pocketbook-global.com/downloa...e_ws_v15_1.zip
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Old 03-15-2010, 08:50 AM   #48
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It's already available in the first post.
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Old 03-15-2010, 09:15 AM   #49
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Old 03-15-2010, 01:46 PM   #50
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It's already available in the first post.
Sorry, is this another new firmware? Should I reflash again?
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Old 03-15-2010, 01:49 PM   #51
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Sorry, is this another new firmware? Should I reflash again?
Nah, it's okay. We just changed the compression for the 360°. There was a problem with the 301 (older hardware) and that firmware was rectified.
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Old 03-15-2010, 01:51 PM   #52
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Old 03-15-2010, 02:19 PM   #53
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DRM is something like an encryption. IMHO It is that slow because of the DRM and the "slow" CPU (400 MHz) in the 360.
No.. My 505 has a slower CPU and it opens ePub with DRM without an issue. So it's just a bug in the firmware. Nothing wrong with the CPU.
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Old 03-15-2010, 02:23 PM   #54
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No.. My 505 has a slower CPU and it opens ePub with DRM without an issue. So it's just a bug in the firmware. Nothing wrong with the CPU.
Jon is right. There shouldn't be a difference between drmed and free ePub opening times.
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Old 03-15-2010, 02:40 PM   #55
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Jon is right. There shouldn't be a difference between drmed and free ePub opening times.
Just for the record - 1min and 2 seconds for adobeviewer to open a 365 pages book bought from ebooks.com. At least gives me a time to prepare a coffee.
The fbreader opens the LOTR for less than 10 seconds.
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Just for the record - 1min and 2 seconds for adobeviewer to open a 365 pages book bought from ebooks.com. At least gives me a time to prepare a coffee.
The fbreader opens the LOTR for less than 10 seconds.
Oh my. That is NOT normal. But maybe the epub code is bad. That can slow down opening times.
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Oh my. That is NOT normal. But maybe the epub code is bad. That can slow down opening times.
How can I tell? I paid 15 bucks for it. Once opened it seems ok.
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Old 03-15-2010, 04:48 PM   #59
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How can I tell? I paid 15 bucks for it. Once opened it seems ok.
It may not necessarily be bad code; just stupid production values.
Never mind the page count: what's the file size? I've generally found file size to be the best predictor of load times. Anything over 1MB is going to take time enough to be noticeable and anything over 2MB will make you wonder if its hung-up. (Which, so far, has never happened to me. But I *have seen load times of 5-plus minutes.)

The ePub standard allows a lot of crap to be designated as mandatory and bundled in to the file; graphics, hardwired formatting, fonts... You can even have an ebook that is nothing but scanned images. (Basically they did their best to turn an HTML/XML based format into a PDF.)

eBook-savvy publishers know to ignore all that optional stuff and use good web/page layout practices. Others... don't. So some epubs (and commercial ones are the worst offenders) are bloated with junk.
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It may not necessarily be bad code; just stupid production values.
Never mind the page count: what's the file size? I've generally found file size to be the best predictor of load times. Anything over 1MB is going to take time enough to be noticeable and anything over 2MB will make you wonder if its hung-up. (Which, so far, has never happened to me. But I *have seen load times of 5-plus minutes.)
645 kB - it doesn't seem so much. I tried another epub, no drm, 311 kB - less than 5 seconds to load.
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