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Originally Posted by JimMcLaren
YOU ARE WRONG! (Well, you asked.) Is your source for this the posts by review on this board? He never makes such outrageous claims. He's a knowledgeable hacker. That's all.
How do I know that? The truth is I don't. But I can make a bald statement like that, just as you did. And there is just as likely to be as much truth in mine as in yours. But it's obvious from later posts he does not have access to PB's source code. If he was their support they would have at least given him the source code for the apps he's trying to support.
People will believe anything, either because they desperately want it to be true or because they desperately fear it's true. With you I think it's a little of both.
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Yes Jim, you're right.
There was a similar discussion on the German forum and Pocketbook has stated clearly what the reasons were that they send me the Pocketbook. So here is the full story:
Like all of you I also don't have access to any more code like anyone as you have. I've added some nice little features to the latest series and some 302 owners were asking if those modifications would also run on the earlier version. However, the 302 and the pro series are not binary compatible so I had to say that they're not and that I don't have one to be able to test my modifications on it. So Pocketbook send me a 302 as a recognition for what I've done for the Pro series. Pocketbook has been deeply accused on the German thread so they made clear that this has nothing to do with the promised surprise (new firmware) and also that the 302 was not a "payment" for any work which should be done by me. So they couldn't have started a thread saying that I will develop now for the 302. Now my thread simply says that in return for Pocketbooks kindness I will try to port my various modifications to the 302.
If you like this wasn't an official action by Pocketbook International but it was a way of Pocketbook Germany/Europe to express their loyalty towards the community.
And if you think about the whole situation with the 302, I don't want to be in Pocketbook Europe shoes. They may have asked the Guys in Kiev in the past when this or that feature will be available and they got a reply. So they went into the forum and announced it. But then the Guys in Kiev didn't managed to deliver their promises on time. So who is the person who will be blamed by the community? Of course the persons in the first line to the customer. But is it their fault? Not at all I would say. Is there anything what they can do to improve the situation? Well, I believe it is very hard for them. The only option they could have would be to make less promises but then a year ago they were probably not aware of the fact of how much the Guys in Kiev work on time to keep their promises towards them.