Gen3 When will Bookeen post a new firmware update? - Page 11

Abelturd · 04-19-2009, 02:52 AM

I had a bad dream tonight. Someone tried to take my cybook away from me. We were fighting for it for a while both tugging at it on opposite ends. Then the other person let go of it. But my poor cybook was already cracked. I was so crestfallen until my mind switched itself to the wake state and I found out it was only a dream as seldom before. What do you think C. Jung would say to that?

GeoffC · 04-19-2009, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Abelturd

I had a bad dream tonight. Someone tried to take my cybook away from me. We were fighting for it for a while both tugging at it on opposite ends. Then the other person let go of it. But my poor cybook was already cracked. I was so crestfallen until my mind switched itself to the wake state and I found out it was only a dream as seldom before. What do you think C. Jung would say to that?

sometime this week, there will be an update ?!

Over · 04-19-2009, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Abelturd

I had a bad dream tonight. Someone tried to take my cybook away from me. We were fighting for it for a while both tugging at it on opposite ends. Then the other person let go of it. But my poor cybook was already cracked. I was so crestfallen until my mind switched itself to the wake state and I found out it was only a dream as seldom before. What do you think C. Jung would say to that?

I guess it means that if Bookeen doesn't release the update, the Cybook will be no longer worth to fight for.

K-Thom · 04-19-2009, 06:37 AM

Maybe you cling too much to your Cybook. More than you should for a healthy relationship. If you truly love your Cybook you have to let it go.

Next: which end of the Cybook did you hold? If it was the lower end with the navigational button, you'd like to be the one in control, putting pressure on the reader. If you held the upper end where the slot for the SD card is, you're more likely attracted to the inner values of your Cybook.

Altogether this was a productive session and we should meet again next week ...

Snuffi · 04-20-2009, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by K-Thom

Maybe you cling too much to your Cybook. More than you should for a healthy relationship. If you truly love your Cybook you have to let it go.

Try starting with little steps: Let it sit over at the window while you sit close by the door. Once you can do that without shaky fingers, try moving it into another room.

Next: which end of the Cybook did you hold? If it was the lower end with the navigational button, you'd like to be the one in control, putting pressure on the reader. If you held the upper end where the slot for the SD card is, you're more likely attracted to the inner values of your Cybook.

Also the fact that you saw a crack appearing and this caused you severe distress indicates that you place way too much value on the outside appearance. :-)

Altogether this was a productive session and we should meet again next week ...

I think it's cool that people already start having nightmares about their Cybook :-)

gerraldo · 04-20-2009, 03:27 PM

I have daydreams about my CyBook... Sometimes I feel like it already has ADD YOUR FAVORITE NEW FEATURE included... Hopefully it comes true soon!!!

delphidb96 · 04-20-2009, 07:19 PM

I'm figuring that they'll release their latest update about three days before they announce the release of a 'next-generation' Gen4. The 'update' will include partial support for ePub, no fixes for multiple-file HTML, no support for RTF, no support for the Delete button and no proper folder navigation/display.

And, of course, the Gen4 will have ALL of that *with* 16 or 64 level grayscale and 1/30 of a second screen refresh rate.

Derek

EowynCarter · 04-21-2009, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by delphidb96

I'm figuring that they'll release their latest update about three days before they announce the release of a 'next-generation' Gen4. The 'update' will include partial support for ePub, no fixes for multiple-file HTML, no support for RTF, no support for the Delete button and no proper folder navigation/display.

And, of course, the Gen4 will have ALL of that *with* 16 or 64 level grayscale and 1/30 of a second screen refresh rate.

Derek

that's all i have to say.

Snuffi · 04-21-2009, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by delphidb96

I'm figuring that they'll release their latest update about three days before they announce the release of a 'next-generation' Gen4. The 'update' will include partial support for ePub, no fixes for multiple-file HTML, no support for RTF, no support for the Delete button and no proper folder navigation/display.

And, of course, the Gen4 will have ALL of that *with* 16 or 64 level grayscale and 1/30 of a second screen refresh rate.

Derek

hehehe, and to top it off the Gen4 would be same hardware as Gen3 but with the new firmware which doesn't get released for Gen3...

But you missed one point: If they made a Gen4 device they would have to make a new firmware for that (which is a little more work than fixing bugs or adding a feature) and how long would you think this would take to get finished?

delphidb96 · 04-21-2009, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Snuffi

hehehe, and to top it off the Gen4 would be same hardware as Gen3 but with the new firmware which doesn't get released for Gen3...

But you missed one point: If they made a Gen4 device they would have to make a new firmware for that (which is a little more work than fixing bugs or adding a feature) and how long would you think this would take to get finished?

It'd be done sometime shortly after the 4th of Never.

Derek

HarryT · 04-22-2009, 03:03 AM

One might perhaps say that they already are selling an unannounced "Gen4" device, in that, as of around about the start of this year, they switched from using the Netronix EB100 (200MHz CPU, 16MB RAM) as the hardware platform for the Gen3, to the EB600 (400MHz CPU, 32MB RAM).

brudigia · 04-22-2009, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

One might perhaps say that they already are selling an unannounced "Gen4" device, in that, as of around about the start of this year, they switched from using the Netronix EB100 (200MHz CPU, 16MB RAM) as the hardware platform for the Gen3, to the EB600 (400MHz CPU, 32MB RAM).

Numbers of grey levels still do not change on the EB600, do they ?

HarryT · 04-22-2009, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by brudigia

Numbers of grey levels still do not change on the EB600, do they ?

I don't believe so, no.

Halk · 04-22-2009, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

One might perhaps say that they already are selling an unannounced "Gen4" device, in that, as of around about the start of this year, they switched from using the Netronix EB100 (200MHz CPU, 16MB RAM) as the hardware platform for the Gen3, to the EB600 (400MHz CPU, 32MB RAM).

Is the faster processor able to turn pages faster, or is that mainly down to the electronic ink screen?

Pulp · 04-22-2009, 03:19 PM

Pages turn a little bit faster but it's mainly noticable when calculating needs to be done, for ex. when turning pages of a pdf, or when displaying tables - and when starting up the device.

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04-19-2009, 02:52 AM	#151
Abelturd Little Fuzzy Soldier Posts: 580 Karma: 5711 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Nowhere in particular. Device: cybook gen3, htc hero, ipaq 214	I had a bad dream tonight. Someone tried to take my cybook away from me. We were fighting for it for a while both tugging at it on opposite ends. Then the other person let go of it. But my poor cybook was already cracked. I was so crestfallen until my mind switched itself to the wake state and I found out it was only a dream as seldom before. What do you think C. Jung would say to that?

04-19-2009, 06:37 AM	#154
K-Thom The one and only Posts: 3,302 Karma: 535819 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Berlin, Germany Device: yup!	Maybe you cling too much to your Cybook. More than you should for a healthy relationship. If you truly love your Cybook you have to let it go. Next: which end of the Cybook did you hold? If it was the lower end with the navigational button, you'd like to be the one in control, putting pressure on the reader. If you held the upper end where the slot for the SD card is, you're more likely attracted to the inner values of your Cybook. Altogether this was a productive session and we should meet again next week ...

04-20-2009, 03:27 PM	#156
gerraldo Anti-DRM Advocate Posts: 351 Karma: 960 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vienna/Austria Device: CyBook Gen 3, Palm Tungsten T3	I have daydreams about my CyBook... Sometimes I feel like it already has ADD YOUR FAVORITE NEW FEATURE included... Hopefully it comes true soon!!!

04-20-2009, 07:19 PM	#157
delphidb96 Wizard Posts: 2,999 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Citrus Heights, California Device: TWO Kindle 2s, one each Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS-500, Axim X51V	I'm figuring that they'll release their latest update about three days before they announce the release of a 'next-generation' Gen4. The 'update' will include partial support for ePub, no fixes for multiple-file HTML, no support for RTF, no support for the Delete button and no proper folder navigation/display. And, of course, the Gen4 will have ALL of that with 16 or 64 level grayscale and 1/30 of a second screen refresh rate. Derek

04-22-2009, 03:03 AM	#161
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,557 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	One might perhaps say that they already are selling an unannounced "Gen4" device, in that, as of around about the start of this year, they switched from using the Netronix EB100 (200MHz CPU, 16MB RAM) as the hardware platform for the Gen3, to the EB600 (400MHz CPU, 32MB RAM).

04-22-2009, 03:19 PM	#165
Pulp Palm Addict Posts: 477 Karma: 1001951 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Cybook Gen3 [512mb, FW: 1.5]	Pages turn a little bit faster but it's mainly noticable when calculating needs to be done, for ex. when turning pages of a pdf, or when displaying tables - and when starting up the device.

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