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Originally Posted by GeoffC
there is nothing really "wrong" with the Cybook Gen3 ....
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GeoffC, I am curious about the current status of the Gen3. I certainly don't mean to be inflamatory (but I'm afraid I will sound so). I haven't had my Gen3 for most of a year now, so can you tell me how it stands with:
1) Button presses. It seemed to me that it took multiple button presses to advance the page sometimes -- not always. It was also a bit stiff. Of course, some of this was the fault of the first generation case that made the button hard to get to.
2) Resets. It seemed it would reset every day or two. I must admit on this one, that I sent my original unit back in because of a faulty SD card and the replacement was better. However, I still believe it had semi-regular resets.
3) Navigating through a large library. Between the button presses and the slow page turns and the lack of folders it would take me quite a while to get to the back of the library. The cover view with 20 (?) per page wasn't too useful because the covers were too small to see the title and the titles were truncated to be just a few characters. On the other hand the five (?) per page version meant that I had even more pages to go through.
4) About once per book it would loose its place in the book. This meant I had to page through it looking for my place. Again, this may have been related to the bad SD card in the first unit.
5) Ergonomically, I didn't like that the page turn button was only on the lower right. This also meant a bit awkward grip. You had to pinch it by the lower right to turn pages and it also meant that your grasp was not that firm -- this may be why I eventually dropped mine and had its screen smashed.
It may be that the newer case design and better navigation button in the newer units have solved some of these problems? And maybe the software with a good SD reader is more stable than I remember it? If folders ever come out it will certainly help with the long page advance time in the library.
The one thing that won't be helped, however is the use of only one page advance button.