Cybook Gen3: I have seen the 1.00 firmware! - Page 2

horseyride · 11-01-2007, 08:45 AM

As a matter of curiosity, I assume left and right presses of the little box at the bottom of the device change pages. How does that 'feel' compare to the two sets of controls on the Sony reader?

ricdiogo · 11-01-2007, 12:51 PM

What's up with that tinny vertical blank line in the middle of the screen?

HarryT · 11-01-2007, 12:57 PM

It's a hardware fault on Derek's reader. (Probably) one of the perils of getting an early engineering prototype.

delphidb96 · 11-01-2007, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by horseyride

As a matter of curiosity, I assume left and right presses of the little box at the bottom of the device change pages. How does that 'feel' compare to the two sets of controls on the Sony reader?

Horseyride,

Actually, the navigation control uses the Left/Top edges to move back and the Right/Bottom edges to move forward. The center button acts as the Enter button and, while in the ebook, also brings up the contextual menu. Of course, one could always use the 'Contextual Menu' button along the left edge of the Cybook. (I've got them posted in one of the threads here.)

Derek

delphidb96 · 11-01-2007, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

It's a hardware fault on Derek's reader. (Probably) one of the perils of getting an early engineering prototype.

More like Derek's clumsiness!!! (Man, I may never live down dropping it!)

Derek

Barcey · 11-01-2007, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by delphidb96

More like Derek's clumsiness!!! (Man, I may never live down dropping it!)

Derek

Come on Derek, you can admit that you tried to fold it shut.

delphidb96 · 11-01-2007, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Barcey

Come on Derek, you can admit that you tried to fold it shut.

What?!? Who said that?!? Who's got my *HOUSE* bugged!!!

Derek

Ortep · 11-02-2007, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by delphidb96

What?!? Who said that?!? Who's got my *HOUSE* bugged!!!

Derek

That would be General Failure. He is also reading your hard disk

penty · 11-02-2007, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by delphidb96

I'm . . . NOT . . . a 'head-fi' person. As long as it's in stereo and sounds decent, I'll go with it. (Yes, I'm one of *those* people, the kind who bellow along with the radio whilst in the shower - not necessarily on key.)

Derek

Derek be careful, remember it takes 2.5mm headphones not 3.5 mm. Look in the cellphone isle.

delphidb96 · 11-02-2007, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by penty

Derek be careful, remember it takes 2.5mm headphones not 3.5 mm. Look in the cellphone isle.

Thanks for the reminder. Yeah, I'd already *had* that problem with an MP3 player.

Derek

adinb · 11-03-2007, 03:25 AM

Any additional words on the PDF support?

from PRS500 PDF reading.

delphidb96 · 11-03-2007, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by adinb

Any additional words on the PDF support?

from PRS500 PDF reading.

I've seen the newest version of the firmware and it offers the menu options to:

Fit Page
Fit Width
Fit Height

Portrait
Landscape
Flipped (Yes, it flips the page top for bottom.)

Go To... (uses the same Go To as regular ebooks on the Cybook)
Show Status Bar (Shows the PDF title, page of and page count and how much the 'Fit' options have 'zoomed' the page - no way to zoom.)
Advanced... (standard 'Advanced' menu - no zoom/pan controls)

Back to Library

And if the document is a standard letter/A4 page using typical printed font sizes, it looks crappy in Portrait and barely readable in Landscape.

Derek

Dave Berk · 11-03-2007, 01:45 PM

Thanks, Derek. Pretty soon we won't need your review because you have already told us everything about the Cybook...

adinb · 11-03-2007, 05:14 PM

Thanks Derek!

Does that mean that you can go into landscape mode and "fit width" to make an A4/Letter sized PDF more readable?

delphidb96 · 11-03-2007, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by adinb

Thanks Derek!

Does that mean that you can go into landscape mode and "fit width" to make an A4/Letter sized PDF more readable?

Emphasis on the word 'more'. If the document uses a 16pt or larger font, that actually transforms to 'definitely'. If the document uses a 12pt or smaller font, all but the best of eyes will have problems still. 14pt is still a bit 'iffy', in my opinion. Someone *has* to make a cheap, reliable PDF file reformatter available!

Derek

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11-01-2007, 08:45 AM	#16
horseyride Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: none	As a matter of curiosity, I assume left and right presses of the little box at the bottom of the device change pages. How does that 'feel' compare to the two sets of controls on the Sony reader?

11-01-2007, 12:51 PM	#17
ricdiogo Gutenberger Posts: 142 Karma: 700 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Device: Cybook Gen 3	What's up with that tinny vertical blank line in the middle of the screen?

11-01-2007, 12:57 PM	#18
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	It's a hardware fault on Derek's reader. (Probably) one of the perils of getting an early engineering prototype.

11-03-2007, 03:25 AM	#26
adinb RSS &amp; Gadget Addict! Posts: 82 Karma: 67 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Albuquerque, NM Device: Sony PRS-500, iPod Touch, iPhone	Any additional words on the PDF support? from PRS500 PDF reading.

11-03-2007, 01:45 PM	#28
Dave Berk Fanatic Posts: 574 Karma: 138556 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PRS505	Thanks, Derek. Pretty soon we won't need your review because you have already told us everything about the Cybook...

11-03-2007, 05:14 PM	#29
adinb RSS &amp; Gadget Addict! Posts: 82 Karma: 67 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Albuquerque, NM Device: Sony PRS-500, iPod Touch, iPhone	Thanks Derek! Does that mean that you can go into landscape mode and "fit width" to make an A4/Letter sized PDF more readable?