Is all the 32GB internal memory on Poke 3 available to the user?

[Joydeck]

I'm still using an old Nook NST but wish to use the large Aard-2 off-line dictionaries on my next eReader.

I read the following in a user review of the Onyx Poke 3. Is it true that a whopping 10GB of memory is unavailable to the user?

Note, too, that the 32GB of storage on the Poke 3 has only 22GB of free space. I returned it.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Joydeck

I'm still using an old Nook NST but wish to use the large Aard-2 off-line dictionaries on my next eReader.

I read the following in a user review of the Onyx Poke 3. Is it true that a whopping 10GB of memory is unavailable to the user?

Part of that 32GB is for the OS and the software.

[mergen3107]

Yes, I had around 24 GB available out of 32 GB on my Onyx Book Kon-Tiki 2 (it is an alternative version of Nova 3, and they all have similar firmwares)

[Question Mark]

It seems that one never gets the full capacity of memory claimed for a device or a card.

I just inserted a blank 32 GB micro SD card into a tablet today. It only has 29 GB of free space even though I have not put a single file on it yet and even though it does not have the OS of a tablet, phone or ereader preinstalled on it.

I think you will find that this is quite common. You never receive the fully capacity stated on a device or on a card. So if you need 32 GB of free space, you need to get a card or device that is rated as more than 32 GB.

[mergen3107]

Ah, yes, the old misconception of "MB vs MiB" comes in place as well. "Megabyte" (MB) is based on powers of 1000 and used for advertizing, "Mebibyte" is based on powers of 1024 used by PCs in terms of bytes.

The general formula is Actual_GiB = Advertized_GB*(1000/1024)^3 for Gigabyte scale (power of 2 for Megabyte, and power of 1 for KiloByte).

So, for example, a "512 GB" SSD advertised on a website has actually 476.84 GiB useful for computer.
32 GB becomes 29.80 GiB, and so on.

[Renate]

Note, too, that the 32GB of storage on the Poke 3 has only 22GB of free space. I returned it.

Well, the solution is obviously to erase all the system software. You'll have access to 32 GB of storage for whatever you like (using EDL mode running out of ROM). Ok, so you won't have a functional device but you'll have all that storage!