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Originally Posted by astra
It sounds to me like the history repeats itself. iRex is using users as guinea pigs to weed out bugs.
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No more than Microsoft or Apple who do the same thing. At least from what I've heard about Irex they are fairly stable even if the DR800S(G) are missing some important features like PDF zoom and annotation. Even Sony has some major bugs in their firmware for the Sony Readers. I doubt there has been a program released in the last 20 years that has been bug free. Programs or firmware are simply too complex nowadays for them to be 100% bug free. Probably the last time there was code that was 100% bug free was back in the 70's when there wasn't any personal computers.
Almost every company release software with a few major bugs in it. At least nowadays they make it much easier to update the firmware. It used to be if you wanted your firmware updated you had to send the unit in. Then someone would have to open the electronic device in question. Remove the eprom. Perhaps they might then erase the eprom and reprogram it or they might just replace it with an eprom that has already been updated.
So needless to say I would much rather be able to download a program and run it to update my firmware to the latest with all of the updates and bug fixes than the way it used to be.
So the power light doesn't work the way it is expected. It doesn't prevent you from using it and I for one have greater confidence they will fix this small issue than add in the PDF zoom feature.
And as Shaggy is always mentioning, buyer beware. If the unit does not have features you desire or doesn't operate they way you want it. Don't buy it, or if you have, return it immediately and get your money back. Don't wait for an update that is supposed to give you the feature you desire.
I guess I should have just said that if you use any device that can be updated you are a guinea pig. If it can't be updated then you are SOL.
Etienne66