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Solicitous · 08-12-2010, 07:25 PM

If my memory serves me correctly the March Firmware was the new one with Coolreader 3, and was pulled due to some bugs (no TTS was one item missing) and then re-released in April, however that firmware had unresolved bugs, one of them being the battery drain issue (which to me seemed to happen from reading peoples posts when the reader was locked).

Now the April firmware was pulled and Robert recommended people having issues revert back to Dec firmware. Since then I have heard nothing. Bebook have a new firmware from July, and Eco Reader (the Australian reseller) has a firmware released from around that time too, so I'm not sure why there has been a hold up. Essentially Astak have not released a stable firmware update since Dec '09.

I have got hooked on CR3 so Lbook firmware has been my hero.

08-12-2010, 07:25 PM	#2
Solicitous Wizard Posts: 1,434 Karma: 1525776 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: TAS, Australia Device: Astak Pocket Pro (Black), 2 x Kindle WiFi (Graphite), iPod Touch 4G	If my memory serves me correctly the March Firmware was the new one with Coolreader 3, and was pulled due to some bugs (no TTS was one item missing) and then re-released in April, however that firmware had unresolved bugs, one of them being the battery drain issue (which to me seemed to happen from reading peoples posts when the reader was locked). Now the April firmware was pulled and Robert recommended people having issues revert back to Dec firmware. Since then I have heard nothing. Bebook have a new firmware from July, and Eco Reader (the Australian reseller) has a firmware released from around that time too, so I'm not sure why there has been a hold up. Essentially Astak have not released a stable firmware update since Dec '09. I have got hooked on CR3 so Lbook firmware has been my hero.