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repods · 12-18-2010, 04:53 PM

so.. continuing the review..
there is, as Marcor said, some wrong behaviour when turning the pages..
it sometimes hangs.. if you press again it still hangs.. but after a while it shows the forth page next for instance..
the sketch pad works quite well..
I did not test the browser
the mp3 player should work but I didn't test
another issue I noticed could exist about the battery..
infact in just 20 minutes of continuous usage it went down from 40 to 30 %.. a bit too fast if you consider.. maybe it is just some "first charge" problem ?
so conclusively I have to say that the device shows a software in a very beta stage.. or maybe alpha to be honest.. that I think can be fixed with some (more than one I mean) firmware updates..
but if my tech eye is not wrong I suspect that there is an unfixable problem related to the power of the cpu..
I think they used an underpowered cpu that can't manage the screen touches etc.. efficently..
so at the moment I could say that the device can only be used just to read books if you don't zoom them..

btw
I did not test any large epub or pdf book.. only the pdf user guide of the device..

12-18-2010, 04:53 PM	#6
repods Addict Posts: 225 Karma: 72 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: irex DR-800S, M92S	so.. continuing the review.. there is, as Marcor said, some wrong behaviour when turning the pages.. it sometimes hangs.. if you press again it still hangs.. but after a while it shows the forth page next for instance.. the sketch pad works quite well.. I did not test the browser the mp3 player should work but I didn't test another issue I noticed could exist about the battery.. infact in just 20 minutes of continuous usage it went down from 40 to 30 %.. a bit too fast if you consider.. maybe it is just some "first charge" problem ? so conclusively I have to say that the device shows a software in a very beta stage.. or maybe alpha to be honest.. that I think can be fixed with some (more than one I mean) firmware updates.. but if my tech eye is not wrong I suspect that there is an unfixable problem related to the power of the cpu.. I think they used an underpowered cpu that can't manage the screen touches etc.. efficently.. so at the moment I could say that the device can only be used just to read books if you don't zoom them.. btw I did not test any large epub or pdf book.. only the pdf user guide of the device.. Last edited by repods; 12-18-2010 at 09:41 PM.