[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Renate

Wow, you're cynical. And wrong.
The Glowlight 3 and the Glowlight 7.8" have stock reader software version 650.
The Glowlight 2 and the new Glowlight 4 have stock reader software version 631.
Yup, the discontinued Glowlight 2 and the latest, greatest have the older version reader software.

Spoiler:

  "model": "piper", // Glowlight 2
      "bnereader": {
        "url": "http://su.barnesandnoble.com/nook/piper/4.2/bnereader-master-4.2.1.1-release.apk",
        "version": "631",
        "md5": "e7a3ca70e0958b8425fe0fbc062e7769"

  "model": "jay", // Glowlight 3
      "bnereader": {
        "url": "http://10.227.6.183/~wlee/bnereader-master-2341-release.apk",
        "version": "650",
        "changelog":  "Testing changelog for 4.7.0.1334 bnereader OTA update",
        "md5": "7993ca0a425784b9e039d983fb5cc5b1"

  "model": "quill", // Glowlight 7.8"
      "bnereader": {
        "url": "http://10.227.6.183/~wlee/bnereader-master-2341-release.apk",
        "version": "650",
        "changelog":  "Testing changelog for 4.7.0.1334 bnereader OTA update",
        "md5": "7993ca0a425784b9e039d983fb5cc5b1"

  "model": "gentoo", // new Glowlight 4
      "bnereader": {
        "url": "http://su.barnesandnoble.com/nook/piper/4.2/bnereader-master-4.2.1.1-release.apk",
        "version": "631",
        "md5": "e7a3ca70e0958b8425fe0fbc062e7769"

Yes, the OTA updates do indicate this, but I think that's just copy/paste errors. The reader in the new Glowlight is 51 Megs vs 36 Megs for the Glowlight 7.8". I'll try to see what the difference is.

So, I installed bnereader.apk on my cell phone and got this:

That looks exactly like the software running on my Glowlight Plus (internally referred to as the Glowlight 2, I guess).

The only difference between the firmware on my Glowlight 2 and 3 is that the 3 has extra controls for the amber lighting.

I hope the 2 and the 4 sharing the same firmware isn't a sign that the 4 won't have amber lighting. I couldn't imagine they would drop that though.

I really like the author stacking. I would like to see series stacking as well, but unfortunately it doesn't work for sideloaded content.

If B&N made the database accessible by Calibre so I could control series and shelves via Calibre (like I can on Kobo) I would be a happy camper.

(Incidentally, I don't think I was being cynical. It seemed obvious to me that at least the 3 and 7.8" Plus would run firmware like the 4. And since the 6" Plus is updated every time the 3 is, I would assume that will continue as well.)