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Originally Posted by JawadLeLogeur
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Sure thing! Here are a couple of updates after using the InkBook Explore a while longer:
1) The red charging light usually doesn't illuminate unless the screen is on at the time I plug it in. The charging light stays on after I shut off the screen. I suspect that it is in fact not charging if the light isn't on because one morning around the time I discovered this behavior, it was at 86% battery. Reminds me of Apple's recent issue with the new iPhones sometimes not charging if they were locked when plugged in.
2) A few times when I've been doing a lot of direct touch interacting with the screen (e.g. adjusting Moon+ Reader settings or book info in the library), the unit has kind of lost its mind and acted like I took a bunch of actions I didn't actually take, like going to the light settings and adjusting it. I think they call these "false touch" occurrences. Since I'm mostly using the page turn buttons to interact with the device, this hasn't been a big problem for me, but it would drive me nuts if I were a heavy user of the touch screen and it kept happening. (It never happens spontaneously if I haven't been touching the screen.)
So compared to the Obsidian, I still like the bigger, sharper display on the Explore (it's not sharper than the Onyx, just bigger) and the adjustable color temperature, but the Obsidian never did either of these weird things. They are probably fixable with firmware updates, and with the way I use the device aren't showstoppers, but I'd say proceed with caution, especially if you are the type of user who spends a lot of time interacting with the screen.
I got in touch with ArtaTech about these odd behaviors. We'll see what if anything they have to say!