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Originally Posted by curthh
Having read this and other threads on the Opus and PB 360, my question: any new information to add about these two? for example, has the PB 360 improved its ePub display, added fonts, or ?Curthh
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Well, the PB360 has recently acquired a hacked ADE version that lets you use a custom stylesheet so you get to choose fonts, margins, padding, etc for DRM'ed ePubs.
Previously, it had acquired a forked FBReader version that explicitly let you control over a hundred display items and let you use the motion sensor to page forward or back.
There is also a plain text config file that lets you set which app is the default for each file type or you can always choose at launch which of the four reader app versions to open the book with.
If you stop by the Pocketbook forum you'll find sticky threads on the FBReader180, Dictionaries (you can have multiples installed at once and switch on the fly as needed), Themes (they change behavior, not just appearance) and the recent updates which added a few cool features (extra font sizes for ADE) and one or two annoying bugs marring the reader's previously rock-solid rep. Fortunately those running into the new bugs (not everybody does) can go back to the known great firmware while waiting for the promised "equally-stable-or-else"
July update.
Not sure if the update or the alternate reader apps (installation is just a matter of copying a file over; no messing with the firmware required) address your concerns but I must admit that the tweaked ADE is now almost as good a reading environment as FBReader. (Now if only you could get rid of the status bar on it, the way FBReader does.)
Hope this helps on the PB front.