Thread: Astak Mentor eBook readers with WiFi and Touchscreen (read-only)
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Old 05-08-2009, 05:35 PM   #1999
Robertb
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Originally Posted by mobelby View Post
RobertB,

I noticed on Bebook's twitter last night that they were finalising a "firmware update" that was almost ready to be the Release Candidate. Can I ask whether this is for the original Hanlin v3 or it is the final firmware for the new model that you are hopefully about to release.

Finally, do you know roughly how much the wifi SDIO cards are going to cost (to use with the Hanlin v3, v5 or v3 mk II)

Thanks and hoping that May is the release month as I've been waiting a long time now
Dear Mobelby:

There is no rough price because the SDIO Protocal Card has problems: power drain and data changing. I am not allowed to give you much detail on this... but the cards are not problem-free yet. As they are not sure how to solve the problems they cannot guess on the hardware and software engineering money.

I have not yet looked at BeBooks twitter so do not know about that update. I am leaving for a before-dawn flight to New York to discuss a lot of this.

I appreciate that you are growing weary of waiting and wish I had better news. Setbacks like this almost make me want to stop doing MobileRead Forum as I hate apologizing for something out of my personal control. Just realize that technology, for all its hope, often smacks timelines up against the wall. It is never as easy as it appears.
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