ordered myself a jetbook and have a few questions - Page 2

GA Russell · 04-15-2010, 12:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlg432

Either way I have found the dictionary weak when looking up various words.

I get plenty of misses and I am not referring to words found in SF.

I just feel that they could have put in a stronger Dict and fore go the translation options.

I agree 100%, and said as much in my newegg.com review. We know that Ectaco reads those reviews, so maybe they will do something about it.

jlg432 · 04-15-2010, 11:53 AM

As Ectaco toots themselves as a professional company supplying translation tools may be they should have two flavors of the JB/JB-L.

One version for people learning a language supported by their multi-language dictionary.

The other version could be just a Reader with a stronger english only dictionary.

Then it would be just a case of ordering the right flavor reader.

Ken Maltby · 04-15-2010, 02:20 PM

The firmware should allow for such changes. A dictionary program is normally composed
of two parts, one part provides the means of selecting/entering words for the search of
the second part, a data base. A translation dictionary just has a data base that
maintains two words (both languages) for each definition. The functional part need not
change for a different language pair, just the data base used. So you should not need
different hardware, just different firmware.

Luck;
Ken

jlg432 · 04-16-2010, 09:18 PM

That sounds fine but it doesn't look like this company doesn't like altering something they've already developed. i understand that this dictionary is the same one used in one of their other products that existed before the jetBook series.

BTW - my mistake earlier about the JB-L not having a dictionary - I misinterpreted the statement describing the dictionary for the JB-L at their website. They made it sound like it could be added after the fact.

valcho · 04-22-2010, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cj2010

Does anyone know the internal memory size of JBL? 32MB or 64MB? Thanks,

My JBL has 64MB RAM
According to the firmware installation scripts, there are two JBL versions - with 32MB and with 64MB RAM.

jblitereader · 04-22-2010, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by valcho

My JBL has 64MB RAM
According to the firmware installation scripts, there are two JBL versions - with 32MB and with 64MB RAM.

This is weird, since we're not told which one is which at all.

DoctorOhh · 04-22-2010, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by livingenzyme

Quote:

Originally Posted by valcho

My JBL has 64MB RAM
According to the firmware installation scripts, there are two JBL versions - with 32MB and with 64MB RAM.

This is weird, since we're not told which one is which at all.

My jetBook Lite had this info (64mb RAM) on the box.

jblitereader · 04-22-2010, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dwanthny

My jetBook Lite had this info (64mb RAM) on the box.

Oh crap, I threw away the box long time ago. Any other way I can find out this info?

DoctorOhh · 04-22-2010, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by livingenzyme

Oh crap, I threw away the box long time ago. Any other way I can find out this info?

Technical support answered this RAM question on ECTACO jetBook Forum. The question was:

RAM size of JBL? 32MB or 64MB?

Quote:

64Mb

Best Regards,

Phil - technical support

Ectaco INC

Given this answer I think all jetBook Lites have 64mb of RAM.

04-15-2010, 11:53 AM	#17
jlg432 Addict Posts: 237 Karma: 15786 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: jetBook, ALP, Pandigital 7"Color(Black+ White), Kyros MID7015a	As Ectaco toots themselves as a professional company supplying translation tools may be they should have two flavors of the JB/JB-L. One version for people learning a language supported by their multi-language dictionary. The other version could be just a Reader with a stronger english only dictionary. Then it would be just a case of ordering the right flavor reader. Last edited by jlg432; 04-15-2010 at 11:58 AM.

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04-15-2010, 02:20 PM	#18
Ken Maltby Wizard Posts: 4,466 Karma: 6900052 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Heart of Texas Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,	The firmware should allow for such changes. A dictionary program is normally composed of two parts, one part provides the means of selecting/entering words for the search of the second part, a data base. A translation dictionary just has a data base that maintains two words (both languages) for each definition. The functional part need not change for a different language pair, just the data base used. So you should not need different hardware, just different firmware. Luck; Ken

04-16-2010, 09:18 PM	#19
jlg432 Addict Posts: 237 Karma: 15786 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: jetBook, ALP, Pandigital 7"Color(Black+ White), Kyros MID7015a	That sounds fine but it doesn't look like this company doesn't like altering something they've already developed. i understand that this dictionary is the same one used in one of their other products that existed before the jetBook series. BTW - my mistake earlier about the JB-L not having a dictionary - I misinterpreted the statement describing the dictionary for the JB-L at their website. They made it sound like it could be added after the fact.