iRex has released software update 1.5 for the DR1000.
This software update includes many of the features that have been lacking.
- Sleep mode: This puts the device to sleep after a specified period to conserve power. A button press or stylus touch will wake it up in a matter of seconds to be ready again.
- Automatic Power Off: The system can power off after a period of unuse. This can be turned off completely, or can be specified to only happen when on battery power
- Configurable Task Bar: You can drag commonly used icons from the pop up menu to the task bar. This can provide quick access to annotation tools, zoom, rotate, etc.
- Speed improvements: Irex didn't specify, but it appears that reading PDF's is significantly faster.
These are the improvements that I've seen. There may well be others. This is definitely a major improvement for the DR1000. I highly recommend all users to upgrade asap.
People have noted that the companion software isn't automatically finding the update. If this is the case, it can be manually downloaded from
here.