Thread: Have you written off Pocketbook yet?
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Old 09-08-2012, 08:30 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian View Post
Have you written off Pocketbook yet?
Not yet.
but ...
I am very sad to see that they are different company they they were long time ago when they developed PB301 and PB360.
Back then, they published SDK (Software Development Kit), theme builder, dictionary builder, lots of stuff. Back then they cared about community. Back then they organized and sponsored competitions for development of utilities, games, themes. Back then PocketBook representatives took active part in this forum.
Nowadays all the great features are mostly what remained from the "good old days". Back then somebody wrote a kick-ass software speciffication and the architecture that lets us configure many things remained. They still have LOTS of options for configuration of the devices and reading applications. By now it should be a standard to be able to load your own fonts or set any fontsize, margin size, line spacing, justification you wish. Yet, there are many readers out there that do not support that stuff. Like Kindle.


By the way, Guys in Kiev (TM) keep working.
Here is the new prototype with a front-lit HD screen without glass backplane.
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20.../#.UEs6tvKdAz8
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