Thread: Jetbook Lite DRM compatiblity?
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Old 12-19-2009, 09:12 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by JeePea View Post
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Finally, I decided to flash back to the original .14i firmware to give that a try and of course then the books opened. But they opened very slowly. I mean, the page count at the top of the page ran up at maybe two or three pages per second, which means it took a long time for a 400 page book. You can begin to read the book while the page counter rings up, but the paging is slow. Most annoyingly, the font size can't be changed either and the opening font is very small and thin, maybe 10pt. The font doesn't seem to be affected by trying to change the system font. If fictionwise.com is actively promoting the Jetbook Lite for their DRMed ebooks, why don't they allow for increasing the size of the font? Also, the green activity light flashes slowly the whole time I have one of these DRMed books open. It doesn't do that with non-DRMed books...
Hello JeePea

I had the same experience opening ereader books on my new jetBook (firmware .14i); my name and credit card number were accepted (although this is a tedious exercise using the T9 entry) and the font was tiny and non-adjustable. I will just read those on my laptop in the ereader program as the conversion to html process (for me) produces odd punctuation and splitting of sentences and paragraphs. I am probably doing something wrong but it is not a major problem as I have only bought 8 books from fictionwise and can wait to buy compatible books from other sources when I'm ready for more reading after I get through my backlog of non-DRMed epub, txt, html, pdf and other books... only some 150 or so (ha ha). Not to mention that lovely source of FREE books, both pbooks and ebooks - the public library!

Other thoughts:
Absolutely LOVE my new jetBook and have logged over 8 hours of reading already. No change in the "battery remaining" icon - still 4 bars, and I have AA rechargeables installed. I am a very happy user of high capacity Powerex rechargeables from www.thomasdistributing.com - they really do seem to last longer than others so I am not concerned about having to change the batteries that frequently; certainly not "every 3 or 4 days" even with heavy usage! I also find the screen extremely pleasing to the eyes, compared with my laptop and my ebookwise, and the page turning very quick. I have no experience with e-ink so I can't comment on that comparison. The jetBook is my new favorite toy!
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