Onyx Boox 60 review - Page 9

Sweetpea · 02-03-2010, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeOnyx

Onyx Booth at CeBit this year - Expo Booth: A023D, 16HALL

I'll make a note of that!

(last year, I had a real itinerary with stands to visit

)

slm · 02-03-2010, 09:21 AM

Yes as to small page number. I think yes as to the rest.
I'm pretty sure this is a straight implementation of ADE 9.1.

jen6060 · 02-04-2010, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tigerlee

Nate,

IT WORKS. Thanks for the very useful advice. ( I did go out and buy a SM card reader though).

Will try the Adobe DE as you have advised too.

BTW out of the three untis I bought, one cannot be powered off. I hit the switch and it went to a screen saver and got stucked there since last night my time. Now I have to figure out what to do with it.

Other than that. This Boox is all you have described and tested. A wonderful device. I especially like the PDF reader.

(They should ask you to write the maunual for them

I still can't find one ! )

Hi Tiger, I'm also spore based. Can you advise me on how to order? (perhaps a link to the China site) I looked it up in the US site, but at the moment it's on pre-order basis. Also do they ship directly to Spore (and how much shipping)? I have a sony 600 but am not happy at all with the reflectiveness, so I have major second thoughts about it. thanks v much

luag · 02-05-2010, 06:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jen6060

Hi Tiger, I'm also spore based. Can you advise me on how to order? (perhaps a link to the China site) I looked it up in the US site, but at the moment it's on pre-order basis. Also do they ship directly to Spore (and how much shipping)? I have a sony 600 but am not happy at all with the reflectiveness, so I have major second thoughts about it. thanks v much

I'm located in Jakarta, if you have a friend here or have a plan to come to Jakarta, I should be able to help.

tommik · 02-06-2010, 09:51 AM

There is calculator for boox available.
You can unpack it wherever you want.

frozennorth · 02-06-2010, 03:18 PM

Does the dictionary work better on the Boox now? I heard there were some difficulties with it in the beginning. English is my second language so I would really love a well functioning dictionary.

tsantsa · 02-07-2010, 12:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dulin's Books

8000 page turns when just reading- no wacom no wlan. I get 4 days even when i websurf for an hour or 2 each day. if you forget to turn off the wifi though it could only last a day.

any idea when dulins is getting it back in stock?

ill_dawg · 02-07-2010, 07:00 AM

They should be back in stock soon. I was on the waitlist, and mine just arrived today.

weedfreak · 02-07-2010, 07:50 AM

Just been playing around with my newly arrived Boox and I must say I am unimpressed so far.

The quick start manual is, just like most quick start manuals, next to useless. The full manual on the reader is not worth reading either. As an advertisement for reading on a reader is is just about the worst example I have seen, full of typo's and formatting errors and unless you are bright enough to know how to change the font size it is almost impossible to read how to change the font size - or anything else for that matter.

The wifi swicth looks like it should move 5 or 6 mm to turn it on but it only moves about 1mm, though it does work. At least as far as turning on the wifi, as there is only one setting that can be altered, for the access key number, it is impossible for me to get any wifi working, I need to be able to set the IP address for the reader and there is no option to do this. I wish now that I had bought the version without wifi.

As I understand it the non wifi version also has no wacom support, so that would make the thing really useless as there does not seem to be any way to browse/select ebooks without wacom. I am supposed to be able to use the 'next' 'previous' keys but they do not work in menus.

The shutdown function is also borked, selecting the menu option 'shutdown' with the stylus actually reboots, the only way to shutdown is with the power switch.

Playback of MP3's is not really a feature I need but I tried it and found it to be sadly lacking as well. It seems that there is required bitrate / sample rate that is not listed in the manual so many of the files I tried play at the wrong speed and there does not seem to be any way to correct it.

For actually reading ebooks, which is what I bought it for, it does work adequately, but it may be going back for a refund as it is unfit for purpose.

HarryT · 02-07-2010, 07:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by weedfreak

The wifi swicth looks like it should move 5 or 6 mm to turn it on but it only moves about 1mm, though it does work. At least as far as turning on the wifi, as there is only one setting that can be altered, for the access key number, it is impossible for me to get any wifi working, I need to be able to set the IP address for the reader and there is no option to do this.

Will it not get its IP address via DHCP? I can't remember the last time that I needed to configure a device's IP address manually!

weedfreak · 02-07-2010, 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Will it not get its IP address via DHCP? I can't remember the last time that I needed to configure a device's IP address manually!

It would possible get it from DHCP if I used DHCP but for security and other reasons I do not use a DHCP server and need to (prefer to) manually configure all devices that connect to my networks, every device I have except the Boox allows me to enter a manual address or use DHCP.

HarryT · 02-07-2010, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by weedfreak

It would possible get it from DHCP if I used DHCP but for security and other reasons I do not use a DHCP server and need to (prefer to) manually configure all devices that connect to my networks, every device I have except the Boox allows me to enter a manual address or use DHCP.

Understood. I guess they just assumed that everyone uses DHCP these days.

Nate the great · 02-07-2010, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by weedfreak

As I understand it the non wifi version also has no wacom support, so that would make the thing really useless as there does not seem to be any way to browse/select ebooks without wacom. I am supposed to be able to use the 'next' 'previous' keys but they do not work in menus.

You don't need the Wacom screen. The silver ring around the okay button is a direction pad. I found it easy to use.

amostafa · 02-07-2010, 08:51 AM

Hi, i love onyx, and i made my mind to buy me one,,, but need your help:

What about Arabic?, does Onyx support Arabic?, (i can send you arabic pdf file to test it if possible)

What about reading MS Word document?, from my researches no one mention this!

Thanks

ill_dawg · 02-07-2010, 09:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by weedfreak

full of typo's

Sorry, I had to.

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02-03-2010, 09:21 AM	#122
slm Fool Posts: 499 Karma: 4660650 Join Date: Feb 2003 Device: Kindle: Voyage,PW1,KOA, Kobo: Clara Colour, Nook GLP, Pocketbook verse	Yes as to small page number. I think yes as to the rest. I'm pretty sure this is a straight implementation of ADE 9.1.

02-06-2010, 03:18 PM	#126
frozennorth Evangelist Posts: 407 Karma: 18772 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Alberta, Canada Device: Onyx Boox RIP, Sony PRS-T1, Kobo Libra	Does the dictionary work better on the Boox now? I heard there were some difficulties with it in the beginning. English is my second language so I would really love a well functioning dictionary.

02-07-2010, 07:00 AM	#128
ill_dawg 21st Century Digital Boy Posts: 14 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Device: HTC TyTN 2, onyx boox	They should be back in stock soon. I was on the waitlist, and mine just arrived today.

02-07-2010, 07:50 AM	#129
weedfreak Addict Posts: 302 Karma: 185297 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ankh Morpork Device: calibre	Just been playing around with my newly arrived Boox and I must say I am unimpressed so far. The quick start manual is, just like most quick start manuals, next to useless. The full manual on the reader is not worth reading either. As an advertisement for reading on a reader is is just about the worst example I have seen, full of typo's and formatting errors and unless you are bright enough to know how to change the font size it is almost impossible to read how to change the font size - or anything else for that matter. The wifi swicth looks like it should move 5 or 6 mm to turn it on but it only moves about 1mm, though it does work. At least as far as turning on the wifi, as there is only one setting that can be altered, for the access key number, it is impossible for me to get any wifi working, I need to be able to set the IP address for the reader and there is no option to do this. I wish now that I had bought the version without wifi. As I understand it the non wifi version also has no wacom support, so that would make the thing really useless as there does not seem to be any way to browse/select ebooks without wacom. I am supposed to be able to use the 'next' 'previous' keys but they do not work in menus. The shutdown function is also borked, selecting the menu option 'shutdown' with the stylus actually reboots, the only way to shutdown is with the power switch. Playback of MP3's is not really a feature I need but I tried it and found it to be sadly lacking as well. It seems that there is required bitrate / sample rate that is not listed in the manual so many of the files I tried play at the wrong speed and there does not seem to be any way to correct it. For actually reading ebooks, which is what I bought it for, it does work adequately, but it may be going back for a refund as it is unfit for purpose.

02-07-2010, 08:51 AM	#134
amostafa Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: none	Hi, i love onyx, and i made my mind to buy me one,,, but need your help: What about Arabic?, does Onyx support Arabic?, (i can send you arabic pdf file to test it if possible) What about reading MS Word document?, from my researches no one mention this! Thanks