03-23-2013, 06:51 PM | #46 |
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I posted this in the wrong thread *sigh* and can't figure out how to delete the other copy. Sorry for anyone reading the other thread I originally posted in who sees this twice.
I don't mind the changes too much, though the keyboard no longer gives you punctuation options when you hit the space bar And the two stage shut-down process is a tad annoying too. Hope these get changed at some point, but OTOH, these are most definitely FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS!!! eTess |
03-23-2013, 08:02 PM | #47 |
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Yeah well, we would get fired for that where I work😄
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03-24-2013, 09:53 AM | #48 | |
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There has also been an update of the library interface on the Kobo, Overdrive, that has essentially made the search function useless. They went back from college to kindergarten, and you have to ask, has no one tested this? |
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03-24-2013, 12:57 PM | #49 | |
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And, yes, I know about the update to the OverDrive interface. I teach ebook workshops at the library (I'm a library technician). That is not Kobo's fault - that is all OverDrive. And I don't find it useless, just different and somewhat slow. Advanced Search will still work. |
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03-24-2013, 02:22 PM | #50 |
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They have been promising JB from before the tablet was released. What they released is basicaly a stock android phone upgrade with their own launcher. Its not like they started from scratch. They've had the benefit of seeing plenty of other releases on other tablets. JB has been out for months these mistakes shouldn't happen.
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03-24-2013, 07:05 PM | #52 |
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I registered to the forum so I could voice my complaints of this update!
Let us move the clock back to where it was. The black bar is already there - why move something off of it and use up more of the available room. I loved how the notifications worked and hated how it functions on my phone. Now both of my devices do that small black bar that I have to try multiple times to drag down to read. And, I no longer have access to the clock while I'm reading the kobo application on my kobo arc. My wife has a kobo arc as well, and unfortunately I wasn't able to tell her fast enough not to update - too late. Please provide a fix for this, or give us a roll back option (without a factory reset). I do not like this update at all. |
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I think a factory reset is the best thing to do after a big upgrade like the jelly bean one.
I had no problem this way with the tablet. I personally use the Nova Launcher from the first day with the arc and everything is smooth. It uses only 45/50MB of ram (half of tapestry) and icon resolution is higher. More a pleasure to use and see. I think that kobo developing team made a great job in the ICS firmware for the arc, this is why we see not great improvement with jelly bean update. Everything seems to run little smoother and better (games also). I use a sony smartphone and the ics upgrade was a nightmare. Hope they keep going on working on future upgrades to solve all problems. The Arc is a very nice tablet, the greatest complain is the lack of gps and bloothoth for app compatibility. i'm a little worry about some incompatibility issue with apps and games (modern combat 4???) luckly is possible to sideload the apk installer (see flickr and nfl gamepass) Last edited by Starplatinum; 03-25-2013 at 06:27 AM. |
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As far as settings and notification bars etc. We decided to stick with Androids standard 7 inch implementation. |
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