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jswinden · 03-17-2010, 10:04 AM

Has anyone seen the new firmware yet? I still get a forbidden message on the delstar web link.

To be honest folks, I don't think this device even has standard eBook reading software on it. I think it is a very simple plain text only reader. If there is no firmware upgrade by tomorrow, or if the release a firmware upgrade that is lackluster, I will return mine. The screen really is the wrong size for a reader anyway as it was obviously designed for widescreen video, which the OpenBook doesn't do. Instead of the traditional 3 x 4 ratio of W x H used on readers, this screen is has about a 2.5 x 4 ratio which is really too narrow for portrait reading, even if they do fix that huge right margin issue.

03-17-2010, 10:04 AM	#204
jswinden Nameless Being	Has anyone seen the new firmware yet? I still get a forbidden message on the delstar web link. To be honest folks, I don't think this device even has standard eBook reading software on it. I think it is a very simple plain text only reader. If there is no firmware upgrade by tomorrow, or if the release a firmware upgrade that is lackluster, I will return mine. The screen really is the wrong size for a reader anyway as it was obviously designed for widescreen video, which the OpenBook doesn't do. Instead of the traditional 3 x 4 ratio of W x H used on readers, this screen is has about a 2.5 x 4 ratio which is really too narrow for portrait reading, even if they do fix that huge right margin issue.