New Firmware Upgrade coming Friday-Monday - Page 8

omro · 12-08-2009, 12:21 PM

Do the LBook updates get handed back up to the chain?

Dave_S · 12-08-2009, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by omro

Do the LBook updates get handed back up to the chain?

It appears that sometimes that is the case? For example, the clock setting application that came out with the last Astak firmware looks to be a clone of the one that Lbook already had. A plus for Lbook, IMHO, is that they actually made the time setting useful for bedtime readers like me, and provided a optional setting in CoolReader to show the current time in the status bar. In other areas, Jinke has been much slower in keeping up with Lbook. All other Jinke resellers still have an older version of CoolReader 2 in their firmware while Lbook has had CoolReader 3 since I started following their updates, which admittedly has not been all that long.

omro · 12-08-2009, 12:38 PM

Hmmm, you'd think the other resellers would give LBook a bankhander for their code to speed stuff up for themselves.

Dave_S · 12-08-2009, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by omro

Hmmm, you'd think the other resellers would give LBook a bankhander for their code to speed stuff up for themselves.

OR hire a couple of good software engineers of their own to improve competition!

omro · 12-08-2009, 01:14 PM

which would cost them money on a device they may not be making that much profit on. The LBook people may be enthusiasts within the company.

Howabout simply opening up the SDK for community input?

Dave_S · 12-08-2009, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by omro

Howabout simply opening up the SDK for community input?

You can download the "SDK" from Jinke, but there is a quite a bit in it that is in object code only, so it does not really fit a strict ( mine anyway)definition of open source even though they use open source code for most everything. Here is one very old (and short) discussion of the Jinke/Hanlin SDK.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14713

omro · 12-08-2009, 01:52 PM

oh well, it was just a thought, I have very little programming skill.

DaleDe · 12-08-2009, 02:34 PM

I believe lBook has always been leading edge for several years on most of the Jinke platforms. Jinke does incorporate lBook stuff from time to time. Right now there is another user that has developed a really great Djvu viewer for the V3 although I don't care much for his choice of hot buttons. It is posted in the Hanlin forum here at MobileRead.

Dale

omro · 12-08-2009, 02:45 PM

I've never used the DJVU format. I'm pretty much going to be exclusively pdf and epub user.

I'm very happy with the PDF rendering, though I've already noted that the same pdf seems darker on alternative ebook readers.

For the epub, if I can eventually change the font that it's viewed in on the device itself as a global default, I'll be happy.

The only other thing I currently need for the PP to be as near awesomeness as can be, would be a delete on the fly function.

Otherwise I'm incredibly happy with the functionality I use.

Dave_S · 12-08-2009, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by omro

The only other thing I currently need for the PP to be as near awesomeness as can be, would be a delete on the fly function.

Yet again, something else that the Lbook firmware already has, along with the ability to copy files between the SD card and internal memory.

omro · 12-08-2009, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave_S

Yet again, something else that the Lbook firmware already has, along with the ability to copy files between the SD card and internal memory.

Hmmm, never thought of that!

jusmee · 12-08-2009, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by omro

Why is the LBook firmware so much more advanced?

IMO it's not. Just different.

Robertb · 12-08-2009, 07:34 PM

Dear All:

The factory is running a bit late. We should see the next firmware upgrade around January 16. I have already detailed in this thread what will be on it!

Sorry for the delay.

kennyc · 12-08-2009, 08:56 PM

Wow. That's a whole month!

Solicitous · 12-08-2009, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Wow. That's a whole month!

It is a bit of a delay. Hopefully my request from an earlier post has been passed through to have the updated fb2 parser compiled in to the new firmware.

12-08-2009, 07:34 PM	#118
Robertb Astak Director, Bus. Devl Posts: 2,560 Karma: 2500000 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Astak Pocket PRO	Next firmware upgrade now due next week Dear All: The factory is running a bit late. We should see the next firmware upgrade around January 16. I have already detailed in this thread what will be on it! Sorry for the delay.

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12-08-2009, 12:21 PM	#106
omro Addict Posts: 375 Karma: 452000 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hamilton, On Device: Kobo Aura HD	Do the LBook updates get handed back up to the chain?

12-08-2009, 12:38 PM	#108
omro Addict Posts: 375 Karma: 452000 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hamilton, On Device: Kobo Aura HD	Hmmm, you'd think the other resellers would give LBook a bankhander for their code to speed stuff up for themselves.

12-08-2009, 01:14 PM	#110
omro Addict Posts: 375 Karma: 452000 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hamilton, On Device: Kobo Aura HD	which would cost them money on a device they may not be making that much profit on. The LBook people may be enthusiasts within the company. Howabout simply opening up the SDK for community input?

12-08-2009, 01:52 PM	#112
omro Addict Posts: 375 Karma: 452000 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hamilton, On Device: Kobo Aura HD	oh well, it was just a thought, I have very little programming skill.

12-08-2009, 02:34 PM	#113
DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	I believe lBook has always been leading edge for several years on most of the Jinke platforms. Jinke does incorporate lBook stuff from time to time. Right now there is another user that has developed a really great Djvu viewer for the V3 although I don't care much for his choice of hot buttons. It is posted in the Hanlin forum here at MobileRead. Dale

12-08-2009, 02:45 PM	#114
omro Addict Posts: 375 Karma: 452000 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hamilton, On Device: Kobo Aura HD	I've never used the DJVU format. I'm pretty much going to be exclusively pdf and epub user. I'm very happy with the PDF rendering, though I've already noted that the same pdf seems darker on alternative ebook readers. For the epub, if I can eventually change the font that it's viewed in on the device itself as a global default, I'll be happy. The only other thing I currently need for the PP to be as near awesomeness as can be, would be a delete on the fly function. Otherwise I'm incredibly happy with the functionality I use.

12-08-2009, 08:56 PM	#119
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,904 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Wow. That's a whole month!