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Farhad · 02-13-2011, 01:29 PM

Hi,

I am a newbie to the dedicated ebook reader market and I am thinking of buying my first ebook reader. After getting some excellent advice, I am seriously considering getting the PocketBook IQ 701 which is Android based. Though I am a long time GNU/Linux user, I never used an Android based device in the past and I have a basic question: how does the PocketBook IQ 701 update its OS/firmware? Is that a complicated/risky procedure? Does Android have an update-manager which installs patches automatically?

Also - can I just open a terminal and run "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist upgrade" or something similar to update all the applications? (I assume that Android is deb based, right?)

Thanks,

Farhad

02-13-2011, 01:29 PM	#1
Farhad Zealot Posts: 139 Karma: 1248 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Florida Device: N800/Nokia 5230/PB IQ701/PB 360	How does Android update? Hi, I am a newbie to the dedicated ebook reader market and I am thinking of buying my first ebook reader. After getting some excellent advice, I am seriously considering getting the PocketBook IQ 701 which is Android based. Though I am a long time GNU/Linux user, I never used an Android based device in the past and I have a basic question: how does the PocketBook IQ 701 update its OS/firmware? Is that a complicated/risky procedure? Does Android have an update-manager which installs patches automatically? Also - can I just open a terminal and run "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist upgrade" or something similar to update all the applications? (I assume that Android is deb based, right?) Thanks, Farhad