"Slowness" of the Pocket PRO

[cvkemp]

The latest firmware has made the page turns on my EzReader (6") seem to be even faster and the one thing that was irriating about the older firmware is gone and that is the having to hit the 0 for the page forward serveral times for it to works is now a thing of the past.

Chuck

[Robertb]

Originally Posted by cvkemp

The latest firmware has made the page turns on my EzReader (6") seem to be even faster and the one thing that was irriating about the older firmware is gone and that is the having to hit the 0 for the page forward serveral times for it to works is now a thing of the past.

Chuck

Dear All:

The factory is listening and I get a feeling from most com ments in many threads that the Firmware Upgrade helped a lot in many ways. It seems to be going over well on the whole.

We still have work to do. I keep hearing that once you take a hyperlink that returning may not be smooth. I will bring that up.

I also hear that the present font percentage sizes helped (100%. 200%, 250%, 300%, 350%) but it might have been nicer to have a 150%.

[SDRebel]

Originally Posted by Egbert

I can confirm that the newest firmware (dated 2009-09-09) has resolved the issue with the lag after pressing the page turn button. Now I can go ahead and recommend the EZ Reader Pocket Pro to friends.

sweet, I'll get it today

[SDRebel]

Originally Posted by Egbert

I can confirm that the newest firmware (dated 2009-09-09) has resolved the issue with the lag after pressing the page turn button. Now I can go ahead and recommend the EZ Reader Pocket Pro to friends.

so how fast is it now?

[SDRebel]

Originally Posted by Robertb

Dear All:

The factory is listening and I get a feeling from most com ments in many threads that the Firmware Upgrade helped a lot in many ways. It seems to be going over well on the whole.

We still have work to do. I keep hearing that once you take a hyperlink that returning may not be smooth. I will bring that up.

I also hear that the present font percentage sizes helped (100%. 200%, 250%, 300%, 350%) but it might have been nicer to have a 150%.

is there a "release notes" doc for what was fixed with the firmware upgrade? not sure if that is a private doc

[KarateMonkey]

Originally Posted by Robertb

Dear All:

The factory is listening and I get a feeling from most com ments in many threads that the Firmware Upgrade helped a lot in many ways. It seems to be going over well on the whole.

We still have work to do. I keep hearing that once you take a hyperlink that returning may not be smooth. I will bring that up.

I also hear that the present font percentage sizes helped (100%. 200%, 250%, 300%, 350%) but it might have been nicer to have a 150%.

Personally I think that the second and third zoom levels, 200% and 250% I guess, are good but something right in between them would be perfect.

Frankly, I would be amazed if there was anybody who didn't think the first zoom level was way too small to be of any use.

What might be ideal is if we could set the base font size in settings, and then move through something like 100%, 150%, 200%, 250%, 300% within the reader.

I really like the less intrusive page numbers, and I can see the search being very handy.

ETA: I love that you guys are so responsive. That makes me feel that much better about my purchase.

[Robertb]

Originally Posted by KarateMonkey

Personally I think that the second and third zoom levels, 200% and 250% I guess, are good but something right in between them would be perfect.

Frankly, I would be amazed if there was anybody who didn't think the first zoom level was way too small to be of any use.

What might be ideal is if we could set the base font size in settings, and then move through something like 100%, 150%, 200%, 250%, 300% within the reader.

I really like the less intrusive page numbers, and I can see the search being very handy.

ETA: I love that you guys are so responsive. That makes me feel that much better about my purchase.

I try to make Astak and the factory and the MH members all work together. I view it as a win for all. Others will, I am sure, snicker at this. I look at the needs of the members leading to a better device which increases sales. For Astak and the factory to respond and really try to maximize a product will make you and others feel better about their purchase but will also make for a stronger product. I see the Pocket PRO as a landmark device... one that sets a new standard for a new size of eBook Readers. It will likely decide the future in eBook Readers for Astak. IF this truly sells and the rusted wheels of consumerism start to turn... Astak gets the respect of the factory and the purchasers get something that can sell by word of mouth without reservation!

[Egbert]

Originally Posted by SDRebel

so how fast is it now?

A very unscientific estimate (done with a stopwatch in one hand and my reader in the other) puts it at about 1.1 seconds (when turning pages normally instead of doing it as fast as you can). Most of that (~.9 seconds) is the screen flashing to black and back and is the normal speed of the Epson controller, so it can't be "fixed". The other part is the very slight wait between pressing the button and the start of the screen refresh. It takes at least .75 seconds for my eyes to refocus back at the top right of the screen, so it's perfectly acceptable to me.

[slayda]

I just check the page turn speed for one of my pbooks. It was a little over 1 second.


Kennyc, make sure you're looking at www.theezreader.com and not www.theezreader.com/html. The look a lot alike but the www.theezreader.com/html does only have data for the 6".


Robert, y'all need to clean up your site to avoid confusion.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by slayda

I just check the page turn speed for one of my pbooks. It was a little over 1 second.


Kennyc, make sure you're looking at www.theezreader.com and not www.theezreader.com/html. The look a lot alike but the www.theezreader.com/html does only have data for the 6".


Robert, y'all need to clean up your site to avoid confusion.

Yep, I found it and downloaded it in anticipation of my Pocket Pro's arrival.

They definitely need to clean up a few things (like that) on the site.

[Faenad]

I try to make Astak and the factory and the MH members all work together. I view it as a win for all.

Congrats for the fast firmware release RobertB! While I do criticize when I feel that criticism is needed, I appreciate it when a company takes the time to fix their products and improve them.

[SDRebel]

Originally Posted by Egbert

A very unscientific estimate (done with a stopwatch in one hand and my reader in the other) puts it at about 1.1 seconds (when turning pages normally instead of doing it as fast as you can). Most of that (~.9 seconds) is the screen flashing to black and back and is the normal speed of the Epson controller, so it can't be "fixed". The other part is the very slight wait between pressing the button and the start of the screen refresh. It takes at least .75 seconds for my eyes to refocus back at the top right of the screen, so it's perfectly acceptable to me.

my stop watch used to time it at about 1.8 seconds, so it seems much better now, I still need to do the upgrade though, about to do that now

[SDRebel]

Originally Posted by Egbert

I can confirm that the newest firmware (dated 2009-09-09) has resolved the issue with the lag after pressing the page turn button. Now I can go ahead and recommend the EZ Reader Pocket Pro to friends.

I see a firmware for the 5" dated 2009-09-10 ... I wonder if it is yet a newer firmware

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Hmmmmm. Did the download but.....it's an RAR file. What??? is that? It says in the instructions it should be a Zip file??

Yes, I really dislike .rar. Not that there is anything wrong with it per se... but .ZIP is ubiquitous and supported natively by Windows and Mac and probably Linux.

That said, I highly recommend 7-Zip. It is free, open source software that supports ZIP, RAR, ISO and their on 7z format. http://www.7-zip.org/

The only downside is it is Windows only... wish they would port it to Mac too.

BOb

[griffonwing]

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Yes, I really dislike .rar. Not that there is anything wrong with it per-say... but .ZIP is ubiquitous and supported natively by Windows and Mac and probably Linux.

That said, I highly recommend 7-Zip. It is free, open source software that supports ZIP, RAR, ISO and their on 7z format. http://www.7-zip.org/

The only downside is it is Windows only... wish they would port it to Mac too.

BOb

Aye, I used to swear by WinZip, long ago. And for the last 7 years or more, I swore by PowerArchiver. It's a great utility that covers MANY formats, but it's share/trial. After 30 days, it still works, but the longer you use it past the time limit, the more you have to wait until you can extract... such as 5 seconds, 8 seconds, etc...It also became bloated.

I now swear by 7-zip. Great thing about it is that it integrates with your system menu and it a very small plugin. right-click the file, choose Extract To Here, and it extracts the file in it's current directory, no needing to actually open up the program.