opensource jetbook??

read365 · 12-11-2011, 11:29 PM

anyone know jetbook opensource??
And firmware open??

i will purchase jetbook color(not yet)

is it right choice??

Ken Maltby · 12-12-2011, 01:53 AM

Ectaco has, in the past, made firmware updates available to make the jetBooks fully
functional as the devices that they are sold as. In other words the earlier jetbooks as
ebook readers. But the programming that makes the hardware work has never been
released as "opensource" even if parts of the OS implementation are.

The new Color jetBook has been implemented as an etextbook reader and note taker
for the academic environment. I hope that they eventually provide an implementation
of the firmware that makes it a more general purpose ebook, emagizine, comic, emanual,
reading device with note taking. It will never be very good as a multimedia entertainment
device and no attempt to make it one has much of a chance. I for one think there should
be a market for a dedicated improved (color), larger format, reading device and the note
taking seems a natural and complementary added feature.

If you want a multimedia player, this would not be the device.

Luck;
Ken

read365 · 12-13-2011, 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

Ectaco has, in the past, made firmware updates available to make the jetBooks fully
functional as the devices that they are sold as. In other words the earlier jetbooks as
ebook readers. But the programming that makes the hardware work has never been
released as "opensource" even if parts of the OS implementation are.

The new Color jetBook has been implemented as an etextbook reader and note taker
for the academic environment. I hope that they eventually provide an implementation
of the firmware that makes it a more general purpose ebook, emagizine, comic, emanual,
reading device with note taking. It will never be very good as a multimedia entertainment
device and no attempt to make it one has much of a chance. I for one think there should
be a market for a dedicated improved (color), larger format, reading device and the note
taking seems a natural and complementary added feature.

If you want a multimedia player, this would not be the device.

Luck;
Ken

thank you very much~~

12-11-2011, 11:29 PM	#1
read365 Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 11938 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Daegu, Korea(South) Device: pocketbook pro 902, Jetbook Color 1	opensource jetbook?? anyone know jetbook opensource?? And firmware open?? i will purchase jetbook color(not yet) is it right choice??

12-12-2011, 01:53 AM	#2
Ken Maltby Wizard Posts: 4,466 Karma: 6900052 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Heart of Texas Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,	Ectaco has, in the past, made firmware updates available to make the jetBooks fully functional as the devices that they are sold as. In other words the earlier jetbooks as ebook readers. But the programming that makes the hardware work has never been released as "opensource" even if parts of the OS implementation are. The new Color jetBook has been implemented as an etextbook reader and note taker for the academic environment. I hope that they eventually provide an implementation of the firmware that makes it a more general purpose ebook, emagizine, comic, emanual, reading device with note taking. It will never be very good as a multimedia entertainment device and no attempt to make it one has much of a chance. I for one think there should be a market for a dedicated improved (color), larger format, reading device and the note taking seems a natural and complementary added feature. If you want a multimedia player, this would not be the device. Luck; Ken Last edited by Ken Maltby; 12-12-2011 at 02:24 AM.

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