Hello again everyone. First, a quick update, I tried velcro to secure the digitizer on the reader: It worked fine, but I found that it left little pieces of hooks which made me irritated. So I switched to something even better, little rare earth magnets. I had some that I got a while ago, and I used some 3M permanent double sided tape to attach them to either side, and they are working perfect, very robust on the screen, and yet easy to remove by sliding out.
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Originally Posted by Server
I was pondering your idea on using the touch panel on the back
in order to use the reader with the naked eInk exposed to have enhanced
contrast. The new interface, forces the use of the touch panel, but
there is no reason why button mapping can't be re-assigned with
a new firmware in order to re-program buttons to navigate the home
screen.
The HOME button can have a DUAL function. While in read mode, selecting
HOME would bring you back to the HOME screen. And using the arrow
buttons, would navigate around books or the Home screen, while the HOME
button could act as a SELECT button (only while in Home screen)
Thereby, eliminating the need to use the touch panel on the back
of the reader. Of course, input search and notes would be an issue
unless button re-mapping could also be used to select letters.
The feesability of this must be studied but once a ROM gets out, it
would be interesting to see if this can be achieved.
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Actually I am very interested in button remapping, and I like your idea of dual functionality. It can make this reader much better in my opinion. Still, we have to wait until the first ROM upgrade to dissect it
BTW, when I put the digitizer facing back, it was working pretty good. It worked perfectly for selecting books, as it is very easy to align your finger vertically to select among a columned list of items. For horizontal selection, it required a bit of learning. Overall, I had a different reason to stop using it like this, which was accidental clicking. When I held up the reader, I found myself applying a lot of pressure to the back side, which created problems.
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Originally Posted by sigmax
Hi! gokalp: EXCELLENT INVESTIGATION!!!
I wonder: Does the PRS700 works WITHOUT the digitizer ? I mean it turns on and does not give an error ? Is there any way yo use it (with similar functionality as PRS505) with the buttons interfase ?
I mean: I was about to buy again a PRS-505 (I sold it when I read that a new reader was coming, some months ago, and now I got stuck with no reader), but without the digitizer, I am left with a newer reader, faster nicer OS
Also: Does the digitizer weights significantly as to make the reader noticiably lighter to hold ? (another thing that even with the 505 I noticed: It was on the heavy side).
Regards,
SigmaX |
The reader certainly worked without the digitizer, as the resistive panel becomes high impedance when not pressed. however, book selection is not possible without the digitizer, unless we can remap the buttons.
I love the increased speed of PRS 700, and the PDF compatibility. To be honest, I was not expecting the PDFs to be as readable, and I did not even try one for two weeks. I was pleasantly surprised when I did, as it looks quite good for regular text. For double column journal papers, it required some hawk eyes to read the text, though it was possible.
The touch panel itself is very light, I'd say even insignificant compared to the rest of the reader.