New owner of the onyx M92

rolexconfuse · 04-02-2012, 03:24 PM

So I recently purchased the M92 and so far it looks pretty cool. Faster and lighter than the Kindle DX. I'm looking over the unit and wondering if I'm not seeing this but I thought there was a slot for the pen on the M92 itself. Isn't there?

Mono · 04-02-2012, 03:44 PM

No, there is not slot for a pen in M92. The slot is in the cover.

It would be nicer, if there is a slot for pen in M92, but it is hardly possible. M92 is quite thin (which is nice), and pen is already quite thin (which is not so comfortable)...
The current pen wouldn't fit in. Making M92 thickier just because of pen is not very wise and making the pen even thiner would rise even more complains...

Some people even buy bigger pen or put the current pen in a 'holder' to make the pen thickier.

rolexconfuse · 04-02-2012, 03:55 PM

i see, thanks

rolexconfuse · 04-02-2012, 03:56 PM

another thing, should I be worried that my M92 did not have the screen film on it. The entire unit was not covered in any plastic. It was in the cover already

rolexconfuse · 04-02-2012, 06:24 PM

another question,

If I use the "zoom by selection" and rotate the screen to "horizontal view", clicking "next page button" automatically sends me to the bottom of the next page and not the top of the next page. Can you change this?

Defenderland · 04-02-2012, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by rolexconfuse

another thing, should I be worried that my M92 did not have the screen film on it. The entire unit was not covered in any plastic. It was in the cover already

Mine had no sreen film attached, too. Screen is fine here.

Mono · 04-03-2012, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by rolexconfuse

If I use the "zoom by selection" and rotate the screen to "horizontal view", clicking "next page button" automatically sends me to the bottom of the next page and not the top of the next page. Can you change this?

Next page sends you to the same place of next page in M92. It is good in some cases (you crop the text to get rid of big margins, but you see the whole 'page') and unpleasant in other cases (you see only part of the 'page').

I hope Onyx works on 'smart' next/prev page behaviour and that it will be implemented in new firmware (1.7).

Regarding missing screen protection film. As far as I remember there was none on my unit. I think ut is not needed. The display is from glass (unlike most of current displays, whicg are plastic), so it is much harder to scratch it.

brombus · 04-03-2012, 08:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rolexconfuse

another question,

If I use the "zoom by selection" and rotate the screen to "horizontal view", clicking "next page button" automatically sends me to the bottom of the next page and not the top of the next page. Can you change this?

You can change the mode of work. Go to Layout and try to choose option Scroll Pages.

rolexconfuse · 04-03-2012, 09:57 AM

I'll give that try and see how it works

rolexconfuse · 04-03-2012, 10:28 AM

I purchased the M92 so I could stop paying for printed textbooks as they're heavy and cost way to much. The Kindle DX was to slow, the IPAD's backlight screen bothered my eyes way to much, didn't want to leave my work screen to stare at another screen, and the weight of the ipad3 was to heavy. From the demos, Jetbook color had very slow page turns, I didn't need the color, and the price was to high. The M92 looked like the perfect solution. So after using the M92 for the day, here are my feelings

- Sometimes when using "hide margin" or "zoom" the text is just a bit too light. I wish there was a way to increase the font contrast.

- I read mostly PDF files and those files are basically scanned IT text books. Most of the IT text books (printed) that I own are not letter size. I measured the pages in some of my textbooks and found that the pages diagonally are 12 inches (including margins). But the actual text portion is 10 inches diagonally. So one would not think .3 inches to be that big of a deal but it seems to make a big difference. Text size on the printed text book just feels more pleasant/bigger than the text on the M92.

So now I'm sorta torn, I like the M92 but I don't know if i should keep it or not. Or maybe it's the way the textbooks were scanned? As i didn't scan them myself

Defenderland · 04-03-2012, 11:03 AM

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Booxtor · 04-03-2012, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rolexconfuse

I purchased the M92 so I could stop paying for printed textbooks as they're heavy and cost way to much. The Kindle DX was to slow, the IPAD's backlight screen bothered my eyes way to much, didn't want to leave my work screen to stare at another screen, and the weight of the ipad3 was to heavy. From the demos, Jetbook color had very slow page turns, I didn't need the color, and the price was to high. The M92 looked like the perfect solution. So after using the M92 for the day, here are my feelings

- Sometimes when using "hide margin" or "zoom" the text is just a bit too light. I wish there was a way to increase the font contrast.

- I read mostly PDF files and those files are basically scanned IT text books. Most of the IT text books (printed) that I own are not letter size. I measured the pages in some of my textbooks and found that the pages diagonally are 12 inches (including margins). But the actual text portion is 10 inches diagonally. So one would not think .3 inches to be that big of a deal but it seems to make a big difference. Text size on the printed text book just feels more pleasant/bigger than the text on the M92.

So now I'm sorta torn, I like the M92 but I don't know if i should keep it or not. Or maybe it's the way the textbooks were scanned? As i didn't scan them myself

Did you try the "glyph embolden" function of M92 for pale books? (it is in "menu->tools").

rolexconfuse · 04-03-2012, 02:28 PM

Hey booxter, just tried that and it works great. I guess the only thing thing is some sort of free zooming by percentage. Like 180% or 183%

mSSM · 04-03-2012, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by rolexconfuse

Hey booxter, just tried that and it works great. I guess the only thing thing is some sort of free zooming by percentage. Like 180% or 183%

There kind of is something like that. If you use the latest release of the 1.7 RC firmware, you have a zoom option called "two-point zoom". It's not really the same as specifying a percentage, but at least you can more or less zoom precisely into the part of the page you want to have a look at.

rolexconfuse · 04-03-2012, 04:13 PM

I don't want to update to RC1.7 as it appears there are too many problems with the firmware. I'm on firmware 1.6 and I think it has that 2 point zoom that you're talking about, "select zoom". It works but not what I was looking for. For the PDF files that I'm reading, 175% font is too small and 200% is great but it requires me to scroll up and down the page. I think 180%-185% would make the font size in the PDF similar to the printed book and show whole page at once.

04-02-2012, 03:24 PM	#1
rolexconfuse Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: kindle	New owner of the onyx M92 So I recently purchased the M92 and so far it looks pretty cool. Faster and lighter than the Kindle DX. I'm looking over the unit and wondering if I'm not seeing this but I thought there was a slot for the pen on the M92 itself. Isn't there?

04-03-2012, 10:28 AM	#10
rolexconfuse Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: kindle	I purchased the M92 so I could stop paying for printed textbooks as they're heavy and cost way to much. The Kindle DX was to slow, the IPAD's backlight screen bothered my eyes way to much, didn't want to leave my work screen to stare at another screen, and the weight of the ipad3 was to heavy. From the demos, Jetbook color had very slow page turns, I didn't need the color, and the price was to high. The M92 looked like the perfect solution. So after using the M92 for the day, here are my feelings - Sometimes when using "hide margin" or "zoom" the text is just a bit too light. I wish there was a way to increase the font contrast. - I read mostly PDF files and those files are basically scanned IT text books. Most of the IT text books (printed) that I own are not letter size. I measured the pages in some of my textbooks and found that the pages diagonally are 12 inches (including margins). But the actual text portion is 10 inches diagonally. So one would not think .3 inches to be that big of a deal but it seems to make a big difference. Text size on the printed text book just feels more pleasant/bigger than the text on the M92. So now I'm sorta torn, I like the M92 but I don't know if i should keep it or not. Or maybe it's the way the textbooks were scanned? As i didn't scan them myself Last edited by rolexconfuse; 04-03-2012 at 10:31 AM.

04-03-2012, 11:03 AM	#11
Defenderland Groupie Posts: 181 Karma: 208 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Colorsoft, PW	deleted Last edited by Defenderland; 04-03-2012 at 11:05 AM. Reason: Overlooked workaround

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04-02-2012, 03:44 PM	#2
Mono Mono Posts: 699 Karma: 13333 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Boox M92	No, there is not slot for a pen in M92. The slot is in the cover. It would be nicer, if there is a slot for pen in M92, but it is hardly possible. M92 is quite thin (which is nice), and pen is already quite thin (which is not so comfortable)... The current pen wouldn't fit in. Making M92 thickier just because of pen is not very wise and making the pen even thiner would rise even more complains... Some people even buy bigger pen or put the current pen in a 'holder' to make the pen thickier.

04-02-2012, 03:55 PM	#3
rolexconfuse Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: kindle	i see, thanks

04-02-2012, 03:56 PM	#4
rolexconfuse Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: kindle	another thing, should I be worried that my M92 did not have the screen film on it. The entire unit was not covered in any plastic. It was in the cover already

04-02-2012, 06:24 PM	#5
rolexconfuse Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: kindle	another question, If I use the "zoom by selection" and rotate the screen to "horizontal view", clicking "next page button" automatically sends me to the bottom of the next page and not the top of the next page. Can you change this?

04-03-2012, 09:57 AM	#9
rolexconfuse Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: kindle	I'll give that try and see how it works

04-03-2012, 02:28 PM	#13
rolexconfuse Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: kindle	Hey booxter, just tried that and it works great. I guess the only thing thing is some sort of free zooming by percentage. Like 180% or 183%

04-03-2012, 04:13 PM	#15
rolexconfuse Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: kindle	I don't want to update to RC1.7 as it appears there are too many problems with the firmware. I'm on firmware 1.6 and I think it has that 2 point zoom that you're talking about, "select zoom". It works but not what I was looking for. For the PDF files that I'm reading, 175% font is too small and 200% is great but it requires me to scroll up and down the page. I think 180%-185% would make the font size in the PDF similar to the printed book and show whole page at once.

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