Booq

shinnosuke · 04-22-2010, 06:43 PM

Hi,

I've seen a Cooler-er and a Booq, and they seem to me pretty the same. Is there any real difference between them?

wallcraft · 04-22-2010, 07:48 PM

They do both appear to use the same hardware (a Netronix EB600, with the 8 gray scale Broadsheet controller). The Cooler uses Netronix's standard firmware, but the Booq might use an enhanced firmware. For example, they say they have a dictionary in their latest firmware.

codeMonkey · 04-23-2010, 04:39 AM

The hardware does look identical. I'm grabbing a copy of the firmware to have a look - it might even be possible to put the booq firmware onto the Cool-ER.

codeMonkey · 04-23-2010, 05:13 AM

From nosing around in the firmware the Cool-ER and the Booq look compatible.
Some of the stuff is very stock Netronix, including the Sudoku and the music player.

The biggest differences are that the Booq reader application is about 15mb bigger than the Cool-ER one, and there seem to be a whole host of additional menus and interface stuff, including the dictionary application.

Their 1.0 version of the firmware was apparently linked to the 1.12.6 version of the reader, but I can't see anything about which version the 2.0 firmware is.

Logseman · 04-23-2010, 05:17 AM

The Booq is a Spanish rebranding of the NetronixEB600 (though the brander has the face to publish that it was "designed in Spain

), but it has twice as much internal memory and it seems that the firmware is not too bad.

sassanik · 04-27-2010, 10:22 AM

The new editions of Cool-ers firmware are much improved from the first few revisions.

Most the ereaders use the same basic hardware, as e-ink screens have one manufacturer.

Amy

04-22-2010, 06:43 PM	#1
shinnosuke Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Barcelona, Catalonia Device: Pocketbook 360º	Booq Hi, I've seen a Cooler-er and a Booq, and they seem to me pretty the same. Is there any real difference between them?

04-27-2010, 10:22 AM	#6
sassanik Guru Posts: 774 Karma: 1211741 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oregon Device: EB1150, iPhone, Cool-er Purple, Pocketbook 360, Kindle Fire	firmware The new editions of Cool-ers firmware are much improved from the first few revisions. Most the ereaders use the same basic hardware, as e-ink screens have one manufacturer. Amy

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04-22-2010, 07:48 PM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	They do both appear to use the same hardware (a Netronix EB600, with the 8 gray scale Broadsheet controller). The Cooler uses Netronix's standard firmware, but the Booq might use an enhanced firmware. For example, they say they have a dictionary in their latest firmware.

04-23-2010, 04:39 AM	#3
codeMonkey Zealot Posts: 125 Karma: 26758 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: UK Device: Cool-ER (running pocketbook firmware), Nokia N800, Nokia N900	The hardware does look identical. I'm grabbing a copy of the firmware to have a look - it might even be possible to put the booq firmware onto the Cool-ER.

04-23-2010, 05:13 AM	#4
codeMonkey Zealot Posts: 125 Karma: 26758 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: UK Device: Cool-ER (running pocketbook firmware), Nokia N800, Nokia N900	From nosing around in the firmware the Cool-ER and the Booq look compatible. Some of the stuff is very stock Netronix, including the Sudoku and the music player. The biggest differences are that the Booq reader application is about 15mb bigger than the Cool-ER one, and there seem to be a whole host of additional menus and interface stuff, including the dictionary application. Their 1.0 version of the firmware was apparently linked to the 1.12.6 version of the reader, but I can't see anything about which version the 2.0 firmware is.

04-23-2010, 05:17 AM	#5
Logseman Orisa Posts: 1,999 Karma: 1035571 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ireland Device: Onyx Poke 5	The Booq is a Spanish rebranding of the NetronixEB600 (though the brander has the face to publish that it was "designed in Spain ), but it has twice as much internal memory and it seems that the firmware is not too bad.