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Originally Posted by iawra
I know that multitasking is going to be implemented (sooner or later... and I hope it will be really easy to swich between documents, like on FX8), this is the most important feature for my intended purpose. But still, there are some important questions unanswered.
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If I were you, I would only buy m92 if the
current state of its software was sufficient/satisfactory for you. Don't buy it if your satisfaction will depend on ANY future developments in software. They may or may not occur, and Onyx has history of discontinuing support for its fairly recent models. So the future is uncertain.
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Originally Posted by iawra
1. Is it possible to download a small pdf file (1 or 2 pages), from the web to the device through the build in web browser?
2. How does the device handle large pdf pages? (A1 or A0 paper size)
3. Have anyone tested the device up to 10000ft altitude (3000m)? If so, does the device handle compression and decompression rates of ±500ft/second?
4. If you zoom in a document, is there a way to zoom out by pressing just one button? Or does it have to be done through the menu zoom options? (implementing the FX8 zoom functions would be awesome).
5. (Here comes the utopia…) Does the device support functions on xls files? I’m 99% sure it doesn’t, but it will be great.
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1. Yes. Your mileage may vary, though, depending on how the website is build. For instance, I'm unable to download file:// type of link, and sometimes logging to websites doesn't work.
2. A0 is very big - m92s screen is merely b5. Biggest files I tried were larger than A3. They worked fine, however certain combinations of picture and text slow down the reader quite considerably. If I got you right, you're after maps, and these can really be huge files. I dont think there is a problem with page/paper size (zoom function works nice, but be advised the zoom out function is limited to 400%), but rather file size - memory limitations and all this. If you can post one such file, please do that - somebody will surely test it for you.
3. No... But eink screens are quite fragile. They crack if pressed too hard, and that is not very hard at all.
4. No. You have to use menu options, and that requires 2 or 3 strikes of the stylus. May be hard to do when piloting an airplane
5. I tried to open xls file just once and it failed. I didn't test it any further, but I wouldn't be suprised if it only opened the simplest files.