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When chosing the reader, i went looking for the availible options. Looking what fonctions each reader have and all. Result is, the Cybook does what i exepted it to do. If fonction X is important to me, then i'll make sure it does have it, and it works properly. I knew that reading pdf's woudn't really works. And decided that well, i could live without it. If not, i would have chosen an other device. An updates comes to improve pdf support ? All the better. But I woudn't have bought a reader hopping that fonction x i need will comes with a might never comes update. Quote:
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I know, I know. I'm being unfair and petty. I'm really sorry for that.
You're absolutely right. I knew what I was getting into with cybook and I was happy at the time and it's still a wonderful device even if there are no more updates. |
03-18-2009, 03:56 PM | #18 | |
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The Pocketbook seems much faster, graphicwise, than my Cybook, which has 512 Mb RAM (I do not the processor, I do not want to open it). I agree, though, that the menus are mothwatering. One has to look at the reader implementation, though. Anybody from Ukrain can tell us anything ? |
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Also very early they promised folder support in the next firmware release and they broke that promise. Instead they release a firmware with a lot of bugs and where the battery time has been been reduced to half of what it was before. That is incompetence. And yes, I work as a programmer. |
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03-18-2009, 04:16 PM | #20 | |
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I found a mention on the-ebook.org indicating that one of the previous iterations of pocket book was indeed EB-100. Doesn't the idea of having this FW on cybook tickle your mind just a bit?
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I have to admit that I love my Cybook too much to try out a stunt like installing another developers firmware.
I also doubt it would work - both developers have some kind of software running that is used to do the update, I doubt it would install any software but the one that is ment by the developer. So - I'm a covert when it comes to trying out stuff nobody else did before. On the other hand, as soon as anyone managed to successfully do (and undo) it, I'll be the first to check it out - and if only for the gorgeous text-input-idea Last edited by Pulp; 03-18-2009 at 05:07 PM. |
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The firmware that is already in place must have som update function that reads the new image from the sd card. For one thing, pocketbook and cybook use different keys to launch the update sequence. You would have to reflash the device with a complete firmware in some different way for it to work. Quote:
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They already have the lightest device with a firmware that beats others in so many ways - if they keep their promises and deliver the updates before somebody else does they have a lot to win. |
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My Cybook is down at 70%, after 3 day, and I spent some time reading. I would say it hold 2 weeks, with about 2 hours reading / day. |
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You can say so but you would be wrong. I have actually done empirical experiment of this and others here have gotten the same result. The battery display is not linear. Notice that this is with the Cybook on all the time.
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[QUOTE=tompe;399062]The battery display is not linear[\QUOTE]
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To be more presice, reader came back from support on february 2. I recharged the reader once fully, and once the batery was about half empty. that's quitte a gap between 4 day and that. Quote:
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I would guess that the battery time the Cyook have is what you get if you do not optimize for battery time at all and just program the device with the applications you need with the most straightforward approach. |
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