MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - iLiad Firmware 2.9 (and iLiad "Companion Software") Released!

ali · 03-05-2007, 01:00 PM

Could some Windows user please describe how the Companion Software works and what it does?

About the new release:

* They turned off antialiasing of text in the PDF viewer. This makes Latex-generated PDFs much more readable.

* There is now some file-connectivity stuff. It is completely undocumented. Apparently somehow the Iliad and a Windows PCs can share files over WLAN.

* The Companion Software is Windows only. It does some things I don't understand. It also adds a tray icon. After installation, my Windows XP in a vmware virtual machine could no longer shut down.

* File connectivity looks to me as if the Iliad is the client, not the server. It seems as if you have to configure a SMB share on the desktop. Then you can press a button and the Iliad tries to connect to something and do something. No documentation though.

* Besides that you will need to open your desktop PC for incoming SMB connections (brilliant thing to do on the internet today...), non-windows users are locked out.

* The 2.9 release docs say nothing about battery life improvements.

03-05-2007, 01:00 PM	#2
ali Addict Posts: 302 Karma: 116 Join Date: May 2006 Device: Iliad, dude!	Could some Windows user please describe how the Companion Software works and what it does? About the new release: * They turned off antialiasing of text in the PDF viewer. This makes Latex-generated PDFs much more readable. * There is now some file-connectivity stuff. It is completely undocumented. Apparently somehow the Iliad and a Windows PCs can share files over WLAN. * The Companion Software is Windows only. It does some things I don't understand. It also adds a tray icon. After installation, my Windows XP in a vmware virtual machine could no longer shut down. * File connectivity looks to me as if the Iliad is the client, not the server. It seems as if you have to configure a SMB share on the desktop. Then you can press a button and the Iliad tries to connect to something and do something. No documentation though. * Besides that you will need to open your desktop PC for incoming SMB connections (brilliant thing to do on the internet today...), non-windows users are locked out. * The 2.9 release docs say nothing about battery life improvements.