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Forum: Bookeen 11-19-2009, 04:23 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 16,965
Posted By pieter
I believe the working on the cybook firmware to...

I believe the working on the cybook firmware to be some kind of sisyphean labor.

There is the one guy at the Bookeen who has his "office" in the darkest cellar of the headquarters. He programs day...
Forum: Bookeen 11-01-2009, 09:45 AM
Replies: 958
Views: 117,554
Posted By pieter
We went from "soon" to "very soon" in only a...

We went from "soon" to "very soon" in only a matter of months. I wonder what comes after "very soon". Any suggestions? Would "very very soon" be too obvious?
I guess we'll find out in a couple...
Forum: Bookeen 10-27-2009, 10:26 AM
Replies: 958
Views: 117,554
Posted By pieter
Wow, you really do work for Bookeen!

Wow, you really do work for Bookeen!
Forum: Bookeen 10-27-2009, 06:44 AM
Replies: 958
Views: 117,554
Posted By pieter
By your line of reasoning we should lie about...

By your line of reasoning we should lie about Bookeen and make more people buy their cybook and maybe buy another one for ourselves, and THEN Bookeen will have enough money to release a firmware.
Is...
Forum: Bookeen 10-26-2009, 11:53 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 4,864
Posted By pieter
What I really like about the Cybook Gen3: The...

What I really like about the Cybook Gen3:
The hardware.
The device itself is just a very cool piece of equipment. It has a certain retro-technology thing going imo. People with iPhones and other...
Forum: Bookeen 10-26-2009, 07:33 AM
Replies: 958
Views: 117,554
Posted By pieter
I've been wondering if we've been wrong about...

I've been wondering if we've been wrong about this little miscommunication all along.
I mean we've been expecting Monday to be the day that Bookeen delivers what they promised. Monday = Bookeen's...
Forum: Bookeen 10-21-2009, 05:40 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 16,322
Posted By pieter
My Cybook crashes once in a while. And somehow...

My Cybook crashes once in a while. And somehow every time I once again search for a pen or something else to push that reset button I feel like I bought something that's still in beta. Don't you hate...
Forum: Bookeen 10-18-2009, 04:34 PM
Replies: 958
Views: 117,554
Posted By pieter
will you be back soon? (hihi couldn't help...

will you be back soon? (hihi couldn't help myself)
Forum: Bookeen 10-15-2009, 08:36 PM
Replies: 958
Views: 117,554
Posted By pieter
Didn't you know? a french "soon" can only be...

Didn't you know? a french "soon" can only be translated into english by "..... SOON!!!!"
The definition of it is of course that it is a french soon, which can mean a period of a couple days or a...
Forum: Bookeen 10-14-2009, 11:07 AM
Replies: 958
Views: 117,554
Posted By pieter
You're absolutely right, of course. Let's get...

You're absolutely right, of course.
Let's get back on topic: The new firmware and the question when it will be released.

My guess would be..... SOON!!!!

Discuss!
Forum: Bookeen 10-14-2009, 03:02 AM
Replies: 958
Views: 117,554
Posted By pieter
Actually from what I heard, the firmware is done,...

Actually from what I heard, the firmware is done, complete with intricate hand-made carving for each of us, but they're still working on the DRM so they can be sure we won't pirate the firmware...
...
Forum: News 10-13-2009, 05:26 AM
Replies: 286
Views: 42,307
Posted By pieter
sssssh, just be good citizen/consumers and don't...

sssssh, just be good citizen/consumers and don't whine about ebooks costing the same or more as paper books, or about DRM ignoring your rights, or about Amazon being able to delete books off your...
Forum: Bookeen 10-06-2009, 06:52 AM
Replies: 958
Views: 117,554
Posted By pieter
I'm soooo exciiiteeeed!!! And I just can't...

I'm soooo exciiiteeeed!!!
And I just can't hiiiide it!

Soon they will release a firmware upgrade!!!
Forum: News 10-04-2009, 01:06 PM
Replies: 146
Views: 37,082
Posted By pieter
I doubt rapishare is the main source for the...

I doubt rapishare is the main source for the illegal downloading of ebooks. IRC, Usenet and Torrent sites are in my estimations as much bigger sources. And I wouldn't be suprised if my 10+ years of...
Forum: Bookeen 09-30-2009, 06:54 PM
Replies: 958
Views: 117,554
Posted By pieter
SOON we'll be able to help you out! I'm looking...

SOON we'll be able to help you out! I'm looking forward to the next buggy firmware! Any monday now...
Forum: Bookeen 09-29-2009, 07:25 AM
Replies: 958
Views: 117,554
Posted By pieter
I sure hope you get paid for your work in this...

I sure hope you get paid for your work in this thread, Eowyn Carter, because you're working harder at Bookeen's public relations than they themselves are. Unless of course you are indeed part of...
Forum: Bookeen 09-24-2009, 04:56 PM
Replies: 958
Views: 117,554
Posted By pieter
Since I'm not a company but a consumer I don't...

Since I'm not a company but a consumer I don't care in the sense that I expect companies to fix the problem with the "LAW" instead of just telling me "sorry, contracts blah blah blah... "
Forum: Bookeen 09-24-2009, 03:06 PM
Replies: 958
Views: 117,554
Posted By pieter
Is this discussion about the question whether...

Is this discussion about the question whether bookeen sold us buggy hardware or sold us buggy software? :)

They should make the software open source, maybe somebody else would fix things sooner...
Forum: Bookeen 09-21-2009, 07:15 PM
Replies: 958
Views: 117,554
Posted By pieter
Don't worry... I'm sure it will come ..........

Don't worry... I'm sure it will come ....... (wait for it) ......... SOON! :rofl:
Forum: Bookeen 09-16-2009, 09:43 AM
Replies: 958
Views: 117,554
Posted By pieter
My point is that customers shouldn't have to...

My point is that customers shouldn't have to blame or look for answers anywhere. I don't care where the problem comes from. Fix it! Make it work! Don't come to me explaining why it doesn't. Or I...
Forum: Bookeen 09-16-2009, 08:52 AM
Replies: 958
Views: 117,554
Posted By pieter
Who cares how difficult it might or might not be?...

Who cares how difficult it might or might not be? I'm a customer, I don't care about those things AT ALL! Actually I pay not to care about such stuff.
Somehow people in this thread seem to imply...
Forum: Bookeen 09-07-2009, 05:48 AM
Replies: 958
Views: 117,554
Posted By pieter
hehe ok ok unofficial spokesperson then :P

hehe ok ok unofficial spokesperson then :P
Forum: Bookeen 09-06-2009, 10:04 AM
Replies: 958
Views: 117,554
Posted By pieter
Oh come on, Harry, I don't think it's fair to say...

Oh come on, Harry, I don't think it's fair to say that Bookeen are trolling on their own blog by saying that they will release it "soon"... hmmm maybe it is...
But I would never have thought that...
Forum: Sigil 09-03-2009, 10:00 AM
Replies: 321
Views: 198,134
Posted By pieter
finally! I was starting to wonder how epub...

finally!

I was starting to wonder how epub could ever be considered a standard format without any "normal" (WYSIWYG) editors. Love what you've done with Sigil. Thanks!
Forum: News 08-08-2008, 06:25 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 26,184
Posted By pieter
If you illegally download a textbook about guns...

If you illegally download a textbook about guns with the intent to shoot somebody and then you actually do it, then it might even be punishable by death.
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