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Well I keep coming back to here to see if there's an update (better than going to Bookeen 'cos I'll also find out if it works!), and kind of tire of reading these endless threads of speculation.
But a friend of mine just got a Cool-er reader http://www.coolreaders.com/ which is based on exactly the same hardware as the Gen 3 and currently comes with support for DRM ePub and non DRM mobi out of the box, has folder views and all. It appears to come from a US manufacturer. Probably slightly off topic, but if a product released on the same platform a few months ago has better functionality than one two years old I have to worry about motivation on the part of Bookeen. I did wonder about the possibility of firmware working across platforms but as the key sequence to initiate the firmware update is different points to a different bios. Strangely the last cybook update was about 6meg, the cool-er one is over 100meg. |
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Or do you have any idea what could possibly Amazon's legal argument to block the firmware? Is there something I am missing? |
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100 MB??? I know of a Linux distribution for a PC which fits into just 50 MB. What is there and is there even enough ROM in the device for all of that? I suspect in those 100 MB is probably some windows software also or it's some kind of development kit with additional stuff... |
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This is of curse all speculation. My point is merely that it might offer an explanation for Bookeens strange behaviour the last year. |
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Another reason to totally drop PRC, if that would be the case. Why let Amazon involve into my long-term business decisions?
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perhaps they are waiting for dictionary support for ePub
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HEY !
perhaps they are developing a new super dooper language to surpass all others !!!!!!! |
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A thought:
Could it be the new firmware is delayed because you need an WORKING SD card to get it. Does ANYBODY have a WORKING SD card. Mine wont work (when it does work, it is soooooo sloooooow (like 6Kb/s)). And the device is perfectly capable of simply trashing the card. Oh, you can reformat it and try again. But still, does anybody have a SD card that really works. |
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Yes, me. And I expect most others as well.
It´s a microSD-card with 2 GB (note: no SD-HC). Quote:
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The Netronix machines would seem to offer the likely source of any legal dispute, but BeBook (HanLin eBook V3) have had on their web site alternative mobi/epub firmwares since May. It makes me wonder if Bookeen contracted out the changes to a company that did work for one of the HanLin sellers and then fell afoul of some copyright problem. Both machines have ARM processors and run Linux.
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