Thread: Onyx Boox i86
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Old 03-29-2015, 10:00 PM   #135
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Originally Posted by Phogg View Post
So once again we have hardware that is only semi-usable (unless Booxtor develops functional firmware) which can only be had from dubious Ebay vendors?
Admittedly in this case, it is a product that they have not released yet (at least outside China). This means that we cannot blame Onyx for its "semi-usable" state, but also that Booxter probably cannot help us (as he would only deal with official releases).

A larger concern is that, after languishing for so long in pre-release, that the product is still in such an obviously-unfinished state. (I just checked, and this thread was actually started just over a year ago, with the announcement of the i86 -- which is a ridiculously long time to spend in pre-release.) This seems to imply that Onyx is regressing rather than improving on their ability to finalise/fine-tune/'polish' a product.

Which may mean that I should be looking at a Boyue T62+, or a heavily-rooted/modded Kobo Alyssum, rather than to some upcoming Onyx Boox, for my next eReader.

Last edited by Hrafn; 03-29-2015 at 10:05 PM. Reason: "just over a year"
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