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Old 11-30-2009, 06:27 PM   #5
Robertb
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All V3&V5 Firmware not always the same

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Originally Posted by Dave_S View Post
All the Hanlin V3 hardware is the same regardless of the label names from the various resellers. BeBook and Astak do not seem to do any firmware development of their own, so their firmware is basically the Jinke firmware with their own boot screen logo. IMHO, Lbook seems to do more value added development on the basic Jinke firmware, and that is what I am currently using on my V5. I use OpenInkpot on my V3 because I like their firmware the best from what I have tried on the V3. I routinely remove DRM to future proof my book purchases, so the lack of DRM capable reading software in OI is no obstacle in that regard.
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For what it is worth, I work for Astak and I like the Astak Firmware Upgrades. WHY? Because we check the firmware made by the factory before we post. Last upgrade we found two errors and had the factory correct it before we posted it. Also, we often are the first to report a problem or a change we want made to the factory. We are ACTIVE when it comes to the additions or changes and the factory listens. The factory and BeBook do not monitor or have a rep on MobileRead Forum and Astak does. So, from my perspective, I think we are the better choice for sourcing firmware upgrades. Also, we can answer questions and they cannot. IF you do someone else's firmware upgrade on an Astak product we cannot solve any problems with that.
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