Color jetBook Color Hand-On Review - Page 32

PF4Mobile · 03-07-2012, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by LuBiB

Actually there is a WiFi menu but it's not activated...hence here comes my optimism - April release

As of now, the scribbling keeps me satisfied, and the reflow for pdfs is pretty nice (tested it last night on a new set of papers my prof sent out)

Really ?
I don't think that is a big deal for text only PDFs
PDFs with diagrams, pictures, complex PDFs don't even think about it!
Please please prove me wrong ! With this one and

Page 7 and 11 of this document

Post us some pictures

Kris777 · 03-07-2012, 11:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LuBiB

Check out the site, apparently there was a new update posted on March 7th (aka today) and it's Spanish - how do i know? Because i just downloaded it lol

Link obv: http://jetbook.net/update

I dont know if they purposely released the Russian update or not but apparently the Spanish version is in 4 the win.

Yes, I downloaded and installed Spanish version from http://jetbook.net/update
I didn't find any information about russian version on this website.

ignacio ferrer · 03-08-2012, 06:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by por

I don't know about that... on this forum there is this "Booxtor" person who is trying to address every single issue that M92 users have.

I don't think we here receive such customer service...

Reading this my fantasies go wild.
Imagine your boss or professor or teacher comes to you with the question "have you solved the problems?" and your answer is "I am trying to address the issues, am I not a great guy?"
What might their response be?

LuBiB · 03-08-2012, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PF4Mobile

Really ?
I don't think that is a big deal for text only PDFs
PDFs with diagrams, pictures, complex PDFs don't even think about it!
Please please prove me wrong ! With this one and

Page 7 and 11 of this document

Post us some pictures

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When i get home tonight i'll try it out

lorenzoens · 03-08-2012, 11:16 AM

Please try to record a video of it, if possible, with some annotations over the documents

LuBiB · 03-08-2012, 10:35 PM

So, as i was loading PF4Mobile's documents i noticed that if you tap on the center of the screen it refreshes!

So if you have an issue with ghosting do that and you're golden

They should have totally listed this as an update note but now we know, and knowing is half the battle (GI Joe reference lol)

LuBiB · 03-08-2012, 11:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PF4Mobile

Really ?
I don't think that is a big deal for text only PDFs
PDFs with diagrams, pictures, complex PDFs don't even think about it!
Please please prove me wrong ! With this one and

Page 7 and 11 of this document

Post us some pictures

Got the Installation Guide on the device right now. Here's how the sections look by pages, i've included some pages that also look pretty good:

Page 7:

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Page 10:

Page 11:

The page turns were a lot faster than i expected too.

por · 03-09-2012, 04:37 AM

Here is a picture showing what i meant earlier.

While simply zig-zagging without lifting the stylus from the screen, every now and then the device ceases to respond to the stylus for a moment and then connects the the points before and after the "freeze" with a straight line.

These "freezes" make scribbling problematic for me, because sometimes letters from a word are missing or the device generates a straight line instead of these letters.

ProDigit · 03-09-2012, 04:49 AM

did the update cause this,or was this there before the update, or perhaps an update would fix the issue?

mod186k1 · 03-09-2012, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by por

Here is a picture showing what i meant earlier.

While simply zig-zagging without lifting the stylus from the screen

I strongly suggest you to contact the support and write a post on Ectaco's Forum. They are planed a firmware release in April and they can fix it in time if they know this issue.

por · 03-09-2012, 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProDigit

did the update cause this,or was this there before the update, or perhaps an update would fix the issue?

The issue was there in the versions r1118 and r1128, before that there was no scribbling feature at all

por · 03-09-2012, 05:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mod186k1

I strongly suggest you to contact the support and write a post on Ectaco's Forum. They are planed a firmware release in April and they can fix it in time if they know this issue.

I already contacted Greg on this, sending him the same picture, but i wanted to share this also with you guys, to see if other users have this issue (I'm almost sure everybody has it.)

PF4Mobile · 03-09-2012, 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LuBiB

Got the Installation Guide on the device right now. Here's how the sections look by pages, i've included some pages that also look pretty good:

Page 7:

Page 8:

Page 10:

Page 11:

The page turns were a lot faster than i expected too.

I either selected wrong pages or that is not reflow
One of the reasons is that the docs are small enough to fit one page and you did not play with the font size
Reflow becomes effective and you see visible results i.e the page is bigger that the screen and the reader efficiently rearrange the objects on the page

This is practically impossible for many PDF documents as the format itself is a a fixed layout created with printing in mind. There are text documents with very few ans small images where the reflow is piece of cake and others where it is impossible

The other aspect not shown by your tests is reflowing in the context of font resizing. For HTML and epub you change the font size and the document is rearanged to fit the page width in the new conditions. Your pictures do not show that

Probably the first page indicated would have shown us that since that one is wider format and it clearly can not be reflowed! Rotation != Reflow

By my opinion to sell reflowing as possible with PDFs is partially misleading.

mod186k1 · 03-09-2012, 08:23 AM

P4Mobile,
Reflow is a trouble for all systems. But it even an approximating reflow can be usefull sometime. According to me another 2 feature are missing in JBC PDF reader:

Landscape mode
columns view mode (as PRS-650 does)

All two features are far more easier to implement than reflow

PF4Mobile · 03-09-2012, 08:35 AM

I never said it is not.
But to make that a big merit of a software release is a bit of an exaggeration

03-08-2012, 10:35 PM	#471
LuBiB Banned Posts: 349 Karma: 1018593 Join Date: May 2009 Location: New York Device: jetBook, iPhone, JETBOOK COLOR!!	REFRESH THE SCREEN FOR CLARITY!!! So, as i was loading PF4Mobile's documents i noticed that if you tap on the center of the screen it refreshes! So if you have an issue with ghosting do that and you're golden They should have totally listed this as an update note but now we know, and knowing is half the battle (GI Joe reference lol)

03-09-2012, 04:37 AM	#473
por Groupie Posts: 187 Karma: 15126 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: ONYX M96	Here is a picture showing what i meant earlier. While simply zig-zagging without lifting the stylus from the screen, every now and then the device ceases to respond to the stylus for a moment and then connects the the points before and after the "freeze" with a straight line. These "freezes" make scribbling problematic for me, because sometimes letters from a word are missing or the device generates a straight line instead of these letters. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by por; 03-09-2012 at 04:44 AM.

03-09-2012, 08:23 AM	#479
mod186k1 Addict Posts: 233 Karma: 256666 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Italy Device: iLiad, PRS-T3, Kobo GLO HD, Paperwhite 2, PB Ultra, Ony Boox Max	P4Mobile, Reflow is a trouble for all systems. But it even an approximating reflow can be usefull sometime. According to me another 2 feature are missing in JBC PDF reader: Landscape mode columns view mode (as PRS-650 does) All two features are far more easier to implement than reflow

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PF4Mobile Guru Posts: 629 Karma: 3526 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kobo Touch, Nook Touch, EEE 800 Note, Entourage PE, finally M92	I never said it is not. But to make that a big merit of a software release is a bit of an exaggeration