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Originally Posted by tompe
All Cybooks are defect. For example PDF-files crash all the times. And if you bought it in the first batch you got a Cybook with some serious bugs concerning dictionaries and books failing to open. These bugs were fixed in a firmware release but they reduced the battery time with 3-4 days in this update. So you could choose which defect to have.
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Okay, regarding this
The Cybook i bought came with an early firmware, updated it, PDF worked like a charm...
Regarding battery life/PDF Support, all i have to say is, what the hell !?
FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T INTERESTED IN WHAT I READ AND HOW IT'S CONVERTED, well, who cares what you think...you get the option to read below
Okay, so i read a lot of manga, not actual books...i used to scantlate a little, so...when reading through JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (97 volumes), I decided an e-reader would be perfect, i'd heard good things about them.
Oh~ the cybook, your JPG/Folder support sucked... Previously i had always used cdisplay to read, so i was used to when closing it...hitting R to resume reading...or my bookmarks...wait, i can't have this on the cybook? darn...
Okay, maybe i'll try a zip file....no luck....
hmmm...Looked around on here, tried to convert it to the cybooks default format (no idea what it was, conversion failed, i moved on)
And then i came across this site ! I read the topics about conversion to cybook formats...Came across two programs...Mangle and probably manga2ebook...Both worked kinda well, but at the same point didn't impress me...Mangle is VERY good for renaming images, manga2ebook is okay for splitting images (for bad scans).
However before these programs are used, i use my own photoshop scripts to convert the images in a batch, and after that, create a PDF presentation...
An average volume for me is 32MB, I don't reduce any colors..leave them as they are, However, they're all in PDF and renamed...
BUT WAIT, SURELY THAT MEANS YOUR PDF'S ARE KIND OF OPTIMIZED FOR THE CYBOOK !?
Well...yeah, i mean, it has to be, it's a low powered reading device, it can't resize images perfectly...especially when text is there...and especially not on files with indexed colour =O !!!
So, on my device, i carry about 25 Volumes around, Boot time is absolutely fine, Turn on my device in my bag, get my bus pass from my pocket, change song on my zune HD, look up to see if the bus is arriving, take out cybook...wow, it's booted...No long boot times =D
NOW IT'S REALLY NOT A BATTERY ISSUE
I love music me, so i owned a first gen zune (zune30) which had the manliest (read : Laziest) battery ever, it lasted about 6 hours...HELL YEAH !!!!
Zune80 - Battery lasted longer...12 hours if you're lucky...WOOO !
Zune HD - Player is used everyday at work, is charged twice a week, charges in two hours...but wait....wait...the ZuneHD has a long battery life !? an impressive battery life for a media player, well, what does that have to do with the cybook?
I don't always read, but i'll always listen to music =O!
However i do read about 2.5 hours per day minimum on my bus journey, I read PDF's at 32MB each that put quite a strain on a small device, i have optimal refreshing on...and i leave my device to switch off after an hour...even so...
I ONLY HAVE TO CHARGE MY DEVICE EVERY 2-3 WEEKS !
End of my post, it's not a problem, if you have a battery problem, buy an extended battery, or even better, just stop doing it wrong....
Post may be recieved as harsh or stupid or silly, or make me seem like a fool, but oh well...Reason i'm hoping for folder support is for better navigation, then i could start taking over 100 volumes with me =O !!!