Register Guidelines E-Books Today's Posts Search

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > E-Book Readers > Barnes & Noble NOOK

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 06-21-2010, 08:27 PM   #16
boswd
Banned
boswd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.boswd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.boswd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.boswd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.boswd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.boswd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.boswd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.boswd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.boswd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.boswd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.boswd ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 2,391
Karma: 1001781
Join Date: May 2010
Device: The Nook, Nook color and Droid X
opening books with this new update is really fast,especially previously opened books, page changing seems a tad faster, but again it was plenty fast before.

Me likey this new update so far.
boswd is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-21-2010, 08:53 PM   #17
KDawg
Junior Senior
KDawg has learned how to buy an e-book online
 
Posts: 94
Karma: 81
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Raleigh, NC
Device: nookColor, nook, PRS-900, PRS-505, PRS-500, Kindle PW, Kindle Oasis
Did they add synchronization with other devices (like Kindle whispersync), which has apparently been missing from the nook?
KDawg is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 06-22-2010, 12:27 AM   #18
Goshzilla
Zealot
Goshzilla has a complete set of Star Wars action figures.Goshzilla has a complete set of Star Wars action figures.Goshzilla has a complete set of Star Wars action figures.Goshzilla has a complete set of Star Wars action figures.
 
Posts: 104
Karma: 346
Join Date: Oct 2007
Device: Rocket Ebook 1150
Quote:
Originally Posted by kilmar View Post
Wow, the only major issue I had with the nook is the ability to go to a specific page. I am so happy yet sad since my nook is dead. A few more hours and off I go to BN store to drop two bills on a new one.

And as for the speed, I noticed a huge difference in page turn speed after I perform a full reboot. It's almost like a PC with an app that has a memory leak and the longer you leave it on, the slower it gets.
Okay I did the reboot, I think that worked. So I guess for others out there, try it.

At least the reading experience hasn't gotten worse, still it's annoying that I can't highlight or select words on the epubs I made.
Goshzilla is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-22-2010, 02:21 PM   #19
dugong
Enthusiast
dugong has a complete set of Star Wars action figures.dugong has a complete set of Star Wars action figures.dugong has a complete set of Star Wars action figures.dugong has a complete set of Star Wars action figures.dugong has a complete set of Star Wars action figures.
 
dugong's Avatar
 
Posts: 26
Karma: 420
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: East Bay, California
Device: Nook
Quote:
Originally Posted by LessPaul View Post
They fixed the foreign characters in the book lists.
I didn't see that. A book of mine, an Irish translation of The Alice in Wonderland, which was displayed as Eilíse i dTír na nIontas when I had version 1.2 got garbled after I updated to 1.3. With version 1.4 it is displayed in My Documents as EıÃ-se ıdTÃ-r na Iiontas.

At least the text in the book is not garbled.

Some other things I wanted, did get improved. I like being able to go to a page, but I think the slidebar option will be clumsy when navigating in large documents.

I am thankful for XXL. Some of my recent book acquisitions have very small typesize, even in XL. There seems to be much inconsistency in fontsize between publishers. Adding XXL allows me more control over what appears on the screen. I hope I won't need XXXL or XXXL in the future to deal with shrinking text.
dugong is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-23-2010, 01:05 AM   #20
dugong
Enthusiast
dugong has a complete set of Star Wars action figures.dugong has a complete set of Star Wars action figures.dugong has a complete set of Star Wars action figures.dugong has a complete set of Star Wars action figures.dugong has a complete set of Star Wars action figures.
 
dugong's Avatar
 
Posts: 26
Karma: 420
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: East Bay, California
Device: Nook
The accent marks finally did show up. This happened after I walked into a B&N store, turned the WiFi off then on again. I'm not sure what I did that straightened it out. It didn't occur immediately after 1.4 was installed.

Bob N.
dugong is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 06-24-2010, 10:09 AM   #21
mos
Addict
mos knows what time it ismos knows what time it ismos knows what time it ismos knows what time it ismos knows what time it ismos knows what time it ismos knows what time it ismos knows what time it ismos knows what time it ismos knows what time it ismos knows what time it is
 
mos's Avatar
 
Posts: 392
Karma: 2200
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Germany
Device: iphone 4, iPad, Nook softrooted
Personal Video review of 1.4 Firmware

I did again a little review of the new firmware. This time I like what they came up with.
I love the go to page possibility, I love to have daylight savings time setting, I think its a little bit faster in everything.

Funny thing is. I did not loose my softroot after the new firmware was installed. Anybody else has this experience?

mos is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-24-2010, 02:31 PM   #22
troymc
Groupie
troymc will become famous soon enoughtroymc will become famous soon enoughtroymc will become famous soon enoughtroymc will become famous soon enoughtroymc will become famous soon enoughtroymc will become famous soon enough
 
Posts: 161
Karma: 608
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Plano, TX
Device: Sony PRS-505 + B&N Nook + Motion LE1700 + Motorola Xoom Wifi
Quote:
Originally Posted by mos View Post
Funny thing is. I did not loose my softroot after the new firmware was installed. Anybody else has this experience?
I noticed this as well. I just bought mine Monday and it was at v1.3. I immediately softroot'd it, and then noticed it was auto-updating to the v1.4 firmware. But everything appears to be Ok. This is probably due to the nature of the update.

I have noticed that the standard system "Settings" button on the nookLauncher does not appear to work so I have to go through the default Home menu to change system settings. But I didn't get to use it long enough at softroot 1.3 to know whether it worked before the update.


Troy
troymc is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Next Firmware Update - Page margins and full justification JBlyth Kobo Reader 32 07-11-2010 11:13 PM
Nook Nook 1.4 update endlich go to Page mos Andere Lesegeräte 3 06-23-2010 01:18 AM
Firmware Update Can I reinstall the official amazon update after the update file from this site ? yuenslhk Amazon Kindle 2 06-20-2010 11:24 AM
PRS-500 What file to change to re-update reader with latest update? pitolee Sony Reader Dev Corner 2 05-24-2007 11:56 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:40 AM.


MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.