Onyx Boox T68 Available Soon...

[pierro78]

anybody has tried a remote control tool like mobizen ( http://help.mobizen.com/en/faq/install-mobizen/ ) ? it should show you the T68 screen with colors on your PC

[PremaEbooks]

Originally Posted by pierro78

anybody has tried a remote control tool like mobizen ( http://help.mobizen.com/en/faq/install-mobizen/ ) ? it should show you the T68 screen with colors on your PC

Play Store says that is not compatible with T68

[Brandobras]

Hello, I have mine since Thursday (by the way, thank you Booxtor!) and i would like to share a couple of problems (solved!) and a doubt (any advice is welcomed!)

1 problem: my pc with windows 8.1 64 bit didn't detect the t68 as an external storage unit; i've tried installing new drivers, changing usb port and no way. solution for me: deselecting the debugging of usb
2 problem: the T68 was not able to connect to my wifi. I've changed the wifi channel in my router and it worked.

now the doubt:
I put a 32 gb sd card in the T68 with my entire library (about 4000 ebooks - 8 gbyte) and copied the books I want to have a look to in the internal storage of the reader. The problem is that every time i switch it on it takes 3 or 4 minutes to mount both the internal and external sd and it's too much for me.. sometime i want to have a quick look at one of my books and i have only 5 - 10 minutes.. waiting so much for having access to the external and internal storage is really too much.. any suggestions?
what i did was to setup the reader to scan only the internal storage when switched on, and things went better, but in this way Calibre doesn't see the external memory card when i plug the t68 in..
how can i do?
thank you!

best regards

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Brandobras

I put a 32 gb sd card in the T68 with my entire library (about 4000 ebooks - 8 gbyte) and copied the books I want to have a look to in the internal storage of the reader. The problem is that every time i switch it on it takes 3 or 4 minutes to mount both the internal and external sd and it's too much for me.. sometime i want to have a quick look at one of my books and i have only 5 - 10 minutes.. waiting so much for having access to the external and internal storage is really too much.. any suggestions?

I don't have that problem at all - my T68 mounts the card in a few seconds, and I have 3800 books on it. On the "User Preferences" page I have both the "Only scan Books folder on Internal Storage", and "Only scan Books folder on SDCard" boxes checked, and on the "Homepage Preference" I have "Show recently read books" chosen. I think this latter setting is the important one, because if you have "Show new added books" selected it has to completely scan the card to find the new books.

Have you tried using "Calibre Companion" to manage your books? I find it to be much better than adding books directly from Calibre.

I've just timed my T68 from being completely powered off, to being ready to read a book, and it takes about 35s.

[Brandobras]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I don't have that problem at all - my T68 mounts the card in a few seconds, and I have 3800 books on it. On the "User Preferences" page I have both the "Only scan Books folder on Internal Storage", and "Only scan Books folder on SDCard" boxes checked, and on the "Homepage Preference" I have "Show recently read books" chosen. I think this latter setting is the important one, because if you have "Show new added books" selected it has to completely scan the card to find the new books.

Have you tried using "Calibre Companion" to manage your books? I find it to be much better than adding books directly from Calibre.

I've just timed my T68 from being completely powered off, to being ready to read a book, and it takes about 35s.

Thank you for you answer, i have already everything setup as you said but still i have to wait about 10 minutes to have the sd ready.. moreover, my recent books are all in the internal storage... and if i switch the t68 on without the sd card, i'm ready to read in a bunch of seconds...
maybe it's because i have my books organized in many folders (/books/language/autors/...). How is your sd organized? i'm planning to format it and resend al my books to it with a simpler structure (maybe just /languages/...)
I've seen Calibre companion, but it's not free and i would like to test it before buying it.. do you think it is worth?

best regards

[HarryT]

If you use Calibre Companion you don't have to worry about how your books are organised, because all the data about them is in CC's database, and you can browse your library in whatever way you like - by author, title, series, genre, language, or anything else that you wish. It's not free, no, but it's the best money you'll ever spend on your ebook library.

[Marcy]

I just finished playing with my new Boox and this is going right back to amazon.

Calibre companion is amazing and I wish I could have it on my other devices. Other than that, this is so unimpressive. The screen is murky. The text is hard to read unless I make it ginormous. And it's so SLOW! Turning a page takes longer than turning a page in a pbook.

The $30 Sony T2 I got from Tiger Direct outshines this in every way except the lack of a frontlight and not being able to use calibre companion.

What a huge disappointment. I was hoping this was going to be my Holy Grail reader.

[voracious71]

I think you got a dud. The screen on mine is clear and the page turns are pretty quick. Better to send it back.

[HarryT]

What reading app are you using? I'm using Moon+, which works extremely well. I really couldn't be happier with it - it's close to the perfect reader for me.

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by Marcy

I just finished playing with my new Boox and this is going right back to amazon.

Calibre companion is amazing and I wish I could have it on my other devices. Other than that, this is so unimpressive. The screen is murky. The text is hard to read unless I make it ginormous. And it's so SLOW! Turning a page takes longer than turning a page in a pbook.

Did you select the Quality First option?

On my device, the text is perfect to read even on a tiny font size. And it turns faster than my old Sony. I use the Onyx Reader App (I got the international version, not the Lynx). Moon+ also worked perfectly (though I switched back because I like my books to be full screen).

I agree with HarryT, it's close to the perfect reader for me too (if only the light could be dimmed a bit more...)

[Brandobras]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I don't have that problem at all - my T68 mounts the card in a few seconds, and I have 3800 books on it. On the "User Preferences" page I have both the "Only scan Books folder on Internal Storage", and "Only scan Books folder on SDCard" boxes checked, and on the "Homepage Preference" I have "Show recently read books" chosen. I think this latter setting is the important one, because if you have "Show new added books" selected it has to completely scan the card to find the new books.

Have you tried using "Calibre Companion" to manage your books? I find it to be much better than adding books directly from Calibre.

I've just timed my T68 from being completely powered off, to being ready to read a book, and it takes about 35s.

Problem solved after formatting the sd.. There was some kind of problems so that the reader performed a complete scan looking for possible errors.

I'll give a try to Calibre companion.. Does it work only thru wifi or organize the books in the sd too?

Best regards

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Brandobras

Problem solved after formatting the sd.. There was some kind of problems so that the reader performed a complete scan looking for possible errors.

Excellent - I thought there had to be a reason for it! My SD card mounts in a few seconds.

I'll give a try to Calibre companion.. Does it work only thru wifi or organize the books in the sd too?

It uses WiFi to transfer books from your PC to the T68, and then once the books are on the T68 it acts as a library manager, allowing you to browse your book collection in all sorts of different ways. For more information, see here.

[ArtaTechPoland]

Originally Posted by Purple Lady

How about requests? It would be great to be able to have a separate app or widget to control the front light. This way I could change the brightness from any other app without having to go to the homescreen. I am using the Swapps app to be able to switch quickly between apps and I can add specific apps or widgets to a favorites list.

Open you e-book, tap the screen (in the middle) to open menu, tap the Light option to have control over your front-light settings.

[jedepol]

Originally Posted by HarryT

What reading app are you using? I'm using Moon+, which works extremely well. I really couldn't be happier with it - it's close to the perfect reader for me.

I actually prefer the one Onyx gave with the reader. Before receiving the T68 I saw everyone was talking about Moon+ so I checked it and was convinced to go with it... but the default reader gives that "built for this device" feeling that all other readers are lacking, Moon+ included.

The fact that people say it's slower to turn pages isn't an issue for me I guess... just press the pageTurn a bit before finishing the page and that's it, but it's a personal habit probably.

The thing I don't like though compared to the Kindle PW for example is the dictionary. Besides the fact that I still have to understand how to change/add languages to it, the big issue I have is that I prefer the Pop-Over window that gives you a definition immediately with 1 tap instead of the "change page / check dictionary / go back to book" way. That makes me NOT want to check definitions if I have a doubt, and it's a pity.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by jedepol

The thing I don't like though compared to the Kindle PW for example is the dictionary. Besides the fact that I still have to understand how to change/add languages to it, the big issue I have is that I prefer the Pop-Over window that gives you a definition immediately with 1 tap instead of the "change page / check dictionary / go back to book" way. That makes me NOT want to check definitions if I have a doubt, and it's a pity.

Moon+ gives you a pop-up dictionary definition. Check the "Show dictionary definition on long press" (or whatever it's called - it's something like that) option.