Some news about upcoming Onyx devices

[Philippe D.]

Right, and also the custom sleeve leaves access to the USB port so you can charge the device while it's inside. Not sure it will be enough to motivate me to do the work, but then I'm pretty lazy

[fgdas]

Originally Posted by Jayjee

Mobilesheets has the setting, but it has no effect, view simply stays the same.

Hi Jan,
Any chance you're using Bluetooth pedal to turn pages with MobileSheets?

[Jayjee]

Originally Posted by fgdas

Hi Jan,
Any chance you're using Bluetooth pedal to turn pages with MobileSheets?

Sorry, no. As a pianist and conductor, page turning pedals are annoying. One of my conducting students used them once during a rehearsal on an ipad. It looked quite funny how he had to find the pedal and press it while conducting. Much easier just touching the screen - almost as if you turn a paper page.... (next time, the student had come to the same conclusion.. )
And as a pianist, your feet are occupied.
Anyhow - I almost exclusively perform by heart, so the page turning is mostly during practice/rehearsal.

/Jan

[marcosscriven]

Originally Posted by Jayjee

Sorry, no. As a pianist and conductor, page turning pedals are annoying. One of my conducting students used them once during a rehearsal on an ipad. It looked quite funny how he had to find the pedal and press it while conducting. Much easier just touching the screen - almost as if you turn a paper page.... (next time, the student had come to the same conclusion.. )
And as a pianist, your feet are occupied.
Anyhow - I almost exclusively perform by heart, so the page turning is mostly during practice/rehearsal.

/Jan

This resonates with me - my sister bought me a Bluetooth pedal for an iPad last year, and just found it really inconvenient. Much easier to tap the screen as you say.

I think it may be different for other instruments that don't already have pedals.

[fgdas]

Originally Posted by Jayjee

Sorry, no. As a pianist and conductor, page turning pedals are annoying.

No problem. Thanks for letting me know.
This might help:

[rogerpiano]

Originally Posted by Jayjee

You can put the custom sleeve on a music stand or a piano, and
a) the power button is not triggered by the device standing on it
b) you can read / play from the boox IN the sleeve in case it slips...

All correct. In addition this cover in my opinion is more protective than the original. I inserted the impact-resistant material on both sides.
I will bring the Max in my briefcase along with other books, and with the custom cover I protect it from bumps and twists.
It is also very light, even if a little voluminous.

[rogerpiano]

I installed the BlueVPN app because I would like to share the connection of my old (but very good) Nokia 808 with the Max2 via bluetooth. The app is installed regularly, I also installed BlueDUN (which is required for the operation of BlueVPN).

When I open the browser or the Play Store, however, I noticed that it requires me to automatically activate the wi-fi and then it seems to me that you can not use the VPN (even if the VPN icon is activated on the MAX).

Can someone help me?

I would also like to test the battery life with the VPN connection compared to Wi-Fi.

[Kumabjorn]

Originally Posted by Jayjee

Sorry, no.
And as a pianist, your feet are occupied.
Anyhow - I almost exclusively perform by heart, so the page turning is mostly during practice/rehearsal.

/Jan

How about for those playing string instruments (violin, cello etc) and pipe instruments (flute, oboe etc) both hands occupied but feet are free. Do they like to use a pedal? Or does that get in their way mentally (losing focus on conductor or music)? Asking because I'm curious.

[Randy11]

Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

Couldn't your employer provide a security controlled USB stick that doesn't leave the office?

A solution, but with a formal approach : hard to have 100 % of security.

Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

Or are your security rules run by the division of paranoids? (Not that there is necessarily anything wrong with being paranoid when it comes to IT security)

'Paranoid' or 'experimented in the IT security domain' is hard to distinct Mainly when you have something like Google and Microsoft that make use of your data. Take Window10 for example, it's hard to control or stop all streams going out of the computer in professional context.

[mdp]

Originally Posted by Randy11

'Paranoid' or 'experimented in the IT security domain' is hard to distinct

Of course! It's part of the job. It is required to develope it and practice it. Which is a good thing also because it reinforces the KISS principle.

That matter with the cloud is quite complex, I was informed only recently that MS has two infrastructures, one vulnerable one protected. This, because my big 'O' embraced. I have not yet check thoroughly though. The past 10 years have been so MS-negligible.

Anyway, they are paid to find solutions.

[Jayjee]

Originally Posted by fgdas

No problem. Thanks for letting me know.
This might help:

If I used a baton, I might consider it...

[johnnyb]

Any news on the release date and price of the Note?

[Question Mark]

Originally Posted by johnnyb

Any news on the release date and price of the Note?

In a recent post, Booxtor mentioned that it was slated to go into production sometime in March.

Now word about pricing yet.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=282

[Booxtor]

Originally Posted by Question Mark

In a recent post, Booxtor mentioned that it was slated to go into production sometime in March.

Now word about pricing yet.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=282

It looks like it could be started earlier though. I just got a message. They decided to start with production of Note by the end of January. We already have placed order for the first batch (6 weeks ago). The retail price should be about USD 549 or EUR 460 (w/o VAT).

[SnowRipple]

@Booxtor will there be hdmi connection as in Max 2? I can't see it in specs...

I think that I read somewhere that Max2 has mono speaker, Note has dual... Speaker is irrelevant for me (imho if you have bluetooth, it is much better to connect own spakers anyway) however it is interesting to see that Note has something better than Max2