Onyx Boox 60 review - Page 10

lionel47 · 02-07-2010, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by ill_dawg

Sorry, I had to.

weedfreak · 02-07-2010, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

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

Ahha I see what it means now and it does work, one problem less thank you.

@ill_dawg
I fail to see why shortening typographical errors to typo's needs comments and laughs. Normal English language rules mean that if you are shortening a word by missing letters out of it they are replaced by an apostrophy. Cannot should be shortened as can't etc. Or do you mean I have made other errors in my text?

lionel47 · 02-07-2010, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by weedfreak

Ahha I see what it means now and it does work, one problem less thank you.

@ill_dawg
I fail to see why shortening typographical errors to typo's needs comments and laughs. Normal English language rules mean that if you are shortening a word by missing letters out of it they are replaced by an apostrophy. Cannot should be shortened as can't etc. Or do you mean I have made other errors in my text?

"Typo" is considered a word and so adding an apostrophe and "s" makes it possessive. In that context, the sentence did not make much sense and, when you combine it with the fact that it was contained in a sentence complaining about bad grammar, well, it's funny.

Now, if we look at the quote above and the spelling of "apostrophe", we could well do another

. But I wouldn't do that. Just sayin'.

weedfreak · 02-07-2010, 10:58 AM

Typo is only a word if you speak slang, apostrophy was a straightforward spelling error. If this thread is deteriorating into picking fault with the language of non UK, USA or other English speaking countries then I will give up posting.

LenzGr · 02-07-2010, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by amostafa

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)

If you can point me to a PDF with Arabic letters, I can give it a try. I would assume it works.

Quote:

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

I haven't tried it, but to my knowledge it's planned for future firmware versions.

LenZ

lionel47 · 02-07-2010, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by weedfreak

Typo is only a word if you speak slang, apostrophy was a straightforward spelling error. If this thread is deteriorating into picking fault with the language of non UK, USA or other English speaking countries then I will give up posting.

Actually, I agree with you. I was just having fun and didn't mean to be offensive. If I did, I apologize.

I am not as English-centric as I may appear. I grew up in a non-English speaking Third World country.

zinj · 02-07-2010, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ill_dawg

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

What color cover did you get?

ill_dawg · 02-08-2010, 02:30 AM

I don't know what color the cover is yet, my parents are bringing it to Jakarta next week when they come to visit. I'll update when I get it.

redbaron101 · 02-08-2010, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by LenzGr

If you can point me to a PDF with Arabic letters, I can give it a try. I would assume it works.

I haven't tried it, but to my knowledge it's planned for future firmware versions.

LenZ

also remember you can embed fonts within a pdf, so if arabic is an embeded font within the pdf, you wont need the font on the onyx to display it (its akin to displaying a picture)

m-reader · 02-08-2010, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by LenzGr

If you can point me to a PDF with Arabic letters, I can give it a try. I would assume it works.

I haven't tried it, but to my knowledge it's planned for future firmware versions.

LenZ

Give this a go (for Arabic). I copied some Arabic text from STC website (www.stc.com.sa) into Word and printed out as a PDF ...

I suspect it should work fine. I've used a lot of PDF docs with Arabic on my Iliad.

kibje · 02-08-2010, 05:39 AM

I tried the arabic PDF, it works and displays correct. The letters will not enlarge as much as is normal with a PDF on the Boox, which (I assume) is because the font type is missing. It is possible to add fonts to the boox, it might be interesting to see what happens when a font has been added.

EDIT: I copied some text from the same page to a file and saved it as RTF. The website encodes the data as UTF-8 which is an option on the Boox. (ISO-8859-6 is not currently supported as choice). The RTF also encodes the text as UTF-8, but I am unable to display it correctly on the Boox. I tried installing a newer font, I haven't tried to use said font to change the RTF beforehand.

tsantsa · 02-08-2010, 12:17 PM

Has anyone gotten the wifi to work? If so how is the browser? Can u check any web mail services like gmail?

ill_dawg · 02-08-2010, 12:33 PM

I haven't actually used it yet, but from what I've heard, the 1.2.2 firmware supports https and will let you check most email online. Still waiting for the email client, though.

pietvo · 02-08-2010, 01:10 PM

I think the web browser can still use some improvement, but I managed to get access to my webmail based on squirrelmail. With https. I don't have a Gmail account.

Dulin's Books · 02-08-2010, 01:17 PM

yes i read/check my gmail frequently with the Boox. you can't reply or create emails yet.

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02-07-2010, 10:58 AM	#139
weedfreak Addict Posts: 302 Karma: 185297 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Ankh Morpork Device: calibre	Typo is only a word if you speak slang, apostrophy was a straightforward spelling error. If this thread is deteriorating into picking fault with the language of non UK, USA or other English speaking countries then I will give up posting.

02-08-2010, 02:30 AM	#143
ill_dawg 21st Century Digital Boy Posts: 14 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Device: HTC TyTN 2, onyx boox	I don't know what color the cover is yet, my parents are bringing it to Jakarta next week when they come to visit. I'll update when I get it.

02-08-2010, 12:17 PM	#147
tsantsa Member Posts: 21 Karma: 400010 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: none yet	Has anyone gotten the wifi to work? If so how is the browser? Can u check any web mail services like gmail?

02-08-2010, 12:33 PM	#148
ill_dawg 21st Century Digital Boy Posts: 14 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Device: HTC TyTN 2, onyx boox	I haven't actually used it yet, but from what I've heard, the 1.2.2 firmware supports https and will let you check most email online. Still waiting for the email client, though.

02-08-2010, 01:10 PM	#149
pietvo Reader Posts: 520 Karma: 24612 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Utrecht, NL Device: Kobo Aura 2, iPhone, iPad	I think the web browser can still use some improvement, but I managed to get access to my webmail based on squirrelmail. With https. I don't have a Gmail account.

02-08-2010, 01:17 PM	#150
Dulin's Books Wizard Posts: 2,806 Karma: 13500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Portland, OR Device: Boox PB360 etc etc etc	yes i read/check my gmail frequently with the Boox. you can't reply or create emails yet.