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Originally Posted by menelic
Hi MikeOnyx,
I am really enjoying my Boox 60 and I appreiate your responsivenes in this forum. I have questions:
1. Large screen Boox devices: The Boox is raising quite some interest at my Grad School. The obvious question for many people there is: When will the 9" version be relesed? Before or after the 8" in May? Is May a fixed date or a tentative estimate? Would be important to know, esp for institutions faced with a slew of new devices this year. An estimatd price range would of course be great as well.
2. Firmware policy: As much as I enjoy my Boox, I am growing a little impatient at Onyxes firmware policy. Selling new devices with a newer firmware version (Dulins Boox comes with 1.2.2.) that is available on the net (booxusers.com) but not on the official site is not particularly nice to earlier customers. Please have 1.2.2. released immediately and do let us have a roadmap for 1.5 and statements about upcomig apps. The information is scattered on the web, you also make pronouncemens here and there, what is the harm in systematizing them and putting them on the website as an orientation for users?
other than that : keep up the good work!
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Hi,
1. The 8 inch is next to be released over the 9.7 inch. It is "planned" to be released in May. It is more towards fixed then tentative. However, also understand, when they say available, it means it will be available for bulk sale, which means it may take another few weeks in getting into retail. However, the site we manage in the US,
www.onyxboox.com should be one of the fastest in getting it into consumer hands. As for the price point, they have not even released the pricing for bulk sales let alone retail. The biggest problem with the 9.7 inch is durability. Once we find a way to around that, it should no be long before we release it. Onyx wants practicality and quality over all else. For example about the cover, we tried using metal lock-ins and we found that it can cut people's hand. We also tested out dual screens early last year and we found it redundant and unpractical.
2. The only reason why 1.2.2 is not on the corporate website is it is not "official" yet. A few have it for test purposes. However, I believe you can download here:
http://www.booxusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=22
At Onyx, we rather clean along the way than to just get it done and have a huge mess to clean up. What I mean is we rather do it right with as few mistakes as possible than to push a deadline. As for applications, hehe, I wish I can tell you. However, just know we are making some official applications in the US with some nice content providers that is not yet on any other eReaders. In fact, we should be coming out with an announcement sometime in February with our first launching partner. The reason I cannot tell is to respect them and their desire for launch dates and negotiations are still in progress.