903 attention of early adopters: preview of new FW release

[paola]

Originally Posted by willyloco

Can I use this as an update to the 2.0.6 european firmware ??

I have done exactly that!

[skydive]

Update: Text to speech volume do not work

Originally Posted by skydive

Well guys! I did it! 2.1.0 on my pb902.
Fbreader- is improved more. The note taking is ok, but stil sometimes the first words are missing, but i can live with that. The text rendering and page update look faster and fonts more darker.

The modern theme looks very nice so i change it to be the one always.

Pdfviewer-useless

Adobeviewer- text rendering have been improved, pdf files fonts look more darker.

On some pdf's when i use the dictionary, the dictionary apps hangs, on other works ok, maybe this is cause by the bad formating of some pdfs files.

Dictionaries were loaded again, and the ones that i sideloaded still there.

In summary nice improvement, I'll keep this image loaded for now.

I think is a better version from 2.0.6

[Microcox]

Sigh...
The 2.1.0 beta was promising with a note taking function that worked very well (though with fb reader only). But I just tried the alpha version of 2.1.0 and the note taking is once again very slow (i'm talking about the handwritten notes in fbreader). Is it somehow general or am I the only one?
Also, i found the "scribble" application don't launch anymore, which is really sad.

Besides i tried to use my android smartphone as a bluetooth keyboard (with the BlueputDroid application, for those who don't know) and it's -roughly- functioning, which is cool! There is still some problems with the accentuated letters (é, è, ...) and the special keys ( & , : ! ) but i don't know if it comes from the android app or the pocketbock.

[paola]

Originally Posted by Microcox

Sigh...
The 2.1.0 beta was promising with a note taking function that worked very well (though with fb reader only). But I just tried the alpha version of 2.1.0 and the note taking is once again very slow (i'm talking about the handwritten notes in fbreader). Is it somehow general or am I the only one?
Also, i found the "scribble" application don't launch anymore, which is really sad.

Besides i tried to use my android smartphone as a bluetooth keyboard (with the BlueputDroid application, for those who don't know) and it's -roughly- functioning, which is cool! There is still some problems with the accentuated letters (é, è, ...) and the special keys ( & , : ! ) but i don't know if it comes from the android app or the pocketbock.

don't know about the keyboard, as I haven't got one - as for the notes, though, they still work fine on my PB903 - I have tried opening a couple of files, and with a large one initially the highlighting was slow (but not the free-hand pen). I closed the note taking "window", re-opened it, and all was fine (i meanbirnak speed).

If you want, I still have the first of the two alpha versions of 2.1.0, in case you want to check for differences.

[troll05]

Why go back from Beta to Alpha and wonder why it gets worse
The count is going up

[Shinra tensei]

Originally Posted by paola

I have tried opening a couple of files, and with a large one initially the highlighting was slow (but not the free-hand pen).

Yes, highlighting is slow. About free-hand pen notes, if you chance the size of the letters, you loose them (i don't now if this is true for every e-readers, about epub files).

I like that there is also a snapshot option... however i wuold like to take notes on them, like the old version of "annotation function"... but it seems that now it is no more possible.

[skydive]

Update: I buy a Amazon a book and converted to mobi (you know guys what I did ), and the first sentence when taking notes as image is always missing.

On epubs, this happen random.

Originally Posted by skydive

Well guys! I did it! 2.1.0 on my pb902.
Fbreader- is improved more. The note taking is ok, but stil sometimes the first words are missing, but i can live with that. The text rendering and page update look faster and fonts more darker.

The modern theme looks very nice so i change it to be the one always.

Pdfviewer-useless

Adobeviewer- text rendering have been improved, pdf files fonts look more darker.

On some pdf's when i use the dictionary, the dictionary apps hangs, on other works ok, maybe this is cause by the bad formating of some pdfs files.

Dictionaries were loaded again, and the ones that i sideloaded still there.

In summary nice improvement, I'll keep this image loaded for now.

I think is a better version from 2.0.6

[Microcox]

Originally Posted by troll05

Why go back from Beta to Alpha and wonder why it gets worse
The count is going up

I definitely need some more sleep...
It is some kind of good news though: I have to pick the wrong version to find something to feed my critics

[m2heikamp]

How about something new for us PB302 users?

[skydive]

On PDF's using adobeviewer, the scroll functions works on landscape mode, but sometimes suffer the same problem of pdf viewer that do not scroll, but a quick fix is to turn to next page and going back.

Originally Posted by skydive

Update: I buy a Amazon a book and converted to mobi (you know guys what I did ), and the first sentence when taking notes as image is always missing.

On epubs, this happen random.

[LoneTech]

The beta has done sudden reboots for me while running the Midori web browser with a Bluetooth internet connection. Not a showstopper, and you really should get a browser adapted to the platform.. neither links nor midori are finished, what with incomplete and inconsistent button controls, missing bookmarks, and settings that are ignored.

[onesome]

Is there a signs for final release coming?

[skydive]

ehhh nope

Originally Posted by onesome

Is there a signs for final release coming?

[troll05]

Forkosigan in the german forum said a while ago, there will never be a "final" release, because development never stops
..... We'll see

[paola]

I have already put here the links to the new 2.1.1 beta version for the pro models (and for the IQ) - it is taking me ages to download it (and still have not finished), but in the meantime it appears that the most prominent feature is the new organization of the files - this is also available as a separate applications (just put it in the "applications" folder), which I tried and looks pretty amazing (jsut explore all the options by clicking on the "books" icon on the top right corner of your screen): it allows you to visualise your books in a number of ways, including "genre", which, as far as I can see, means the tags you put when transferring books via calibre. Really good stuff! Only complaint, there is a word in cyrillic appearing at the bottom of the screen which I was unable to decipher.
The application, called "explorer_t.app" can be downloaded here, adn I think we've got ava1ar from the Russian forum to thank