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mjdb · 02-27-2008, 12:53 AM

I have just read the latest Bookeen email newsletter (number 6).

This announces a "Frame for the Cybook".

LCD digital photo frames are now widely advertised and advertised.
This seems to be a heavy aluminium (optionally gilded) made to order,
individually numbered Frame, which turns a cybook into an upmarket digital
photo frame for Black and White / grey scale images.

There are also "digital works of art specifically for Epaper."

http://www.bookeen.com/shop/productd...?ProductID=439

http://www.epaperart.com/EN/contenus_en.html

A quote from the email newsletter.
"Paris, France – February 26, 2008 – Bookeen is proud to announce an
amazing new accessory for its Cybook ePaper reading device: The Epaper Art® frame. This superb solid aluminium frame was created to merge with the Cybook ePaper screen and to become an "objet d'art".
Thanks to the Epaper Art® frame, you will indeed be allowed to view and
share digital works of art but also pictures and photos. With a high quality
finish, it has been conceived and developed for the Cybook. Slide it into the
back of the frame and admire your art content in static or slide show mode."

My Question - Has there been a Firmware upgrade to support this, or is it a
feature only of the image slideshow software being used ?

If there has been a firmware upgrade, can one also now read eBooks while
charging the battery - or is the reader still crippled ?

My understanding is that previously you could not read an eBook while
external power was connected to the cybook.

However this digital photo frame application seems to allow you to see a
slide show of images while connected to external power.
http://www.epaperart.com/EN/ccm_en.html

Anyone know anymore about this ?

Martin.

ps: Happy because NAEB have shipped my Cybook - hopefully only a couple of weeks and a tax bill before it arrives.

pps: Has everyone seen this video - I first saw it on the Cybook Blog.
An annimated eink new year 2008 message.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsR2pgWkZzs

--
Martin Bonham, Auckland, (Aotearoa) New Zealand.
Home of Middle Earth, Whale Rider, and now also King Kong and Narnia.

02-27-2008, 12:53 AM	#1
mjdb Kiwi Member Posts: 34 Karma: 952 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Auckland NZ Device: NAEB Bookeen Cybook Gen3, eBookman	The Cybook Frame made me wonder if you can now read while using external power? I have just read the latest Bookeen email newsletter (number 6). This announces a "Frame for the Cybook". LCD digital photo frames are now widely advertised and advertised. This seems to be a heavy aluminium (optionally gilded) made to order, individually numbered Frame, which turns a cybook into an upmarket digital photo frame for Black and White / grey scale images. There are also "digital works of art specifically for Epaper." http://www.bookeen.com/shop/productd...?ProductID=439 http://www.epaperart.com/EN/contenus_en.html A quote from the email newsletter. "Paris, France – February 26, 2008 – Bookeen is proud to announce an amazing new accessory for its Cybook ePaper reading device: The Epaper Art® frame. This superb solid aluminium frame was created to merge with the Cybook ePaper screen and to become an "objet d'art". Thanks to the Epaper Art® frame, you will indeed be allowed to view and share digital works of art but also pictures and photos. With a high quality finish, it has been conceived and developed for the Cybook. Slide it into the back of the frame and admire your art content in static or slide show mode." My Question - Has there been a Firmware upgrade to support this, or is it a feature only of the image slideshow software being used ? If there has been a firmware upgrade, can one also now read eBooks while charging the battery - or is the reader still crippled ? My understanding is that previously you could not read an eBook while external power was connected to the cybook. However this digital photo frame application seems to allow you to see a slide show of images while connected to external power. http://www.epaperart.com/EN/ccm_en.html Anyone know anymore about this ? Martin. ps: Happy because NAEB have shipped my Cybook - hopefully only a couple of weeks and a tax bill before it arrives. pps: Has everyone seen this video - I first saw it on the Cybook Blog. An annimated eink new year 2008 message. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsR2pgWkZzs -- Martin Bonham, Auckland, (Aotearoa) New Zealand. Home of Middle Earth, Whale Rider, and now also King Kong and Narnia.