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Most important info about availability and prices are still missing. You know how late Onyx is with these updates. |
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But if I could pick one thing to ask the team, it would be: «Please test the most important Android applications, make sure they work well.». In my case, as often repeated: Kingsoft 5.12 and WPS latest. But of course everybody has their pick. Last edited by mdp; 10-17-2017 at 05:16 PM. |
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I hope they reconsider their decision not to equip the Note with an SD card slot. It's so nice being able to have your library saved on an external card for those times when you might have to perform a factory reset. You can just pop it out to perform the reset, then pop it back in when the device is functioning properly again. Not that I have had to do that on my Max yet. However, I have had to do that on other devices. If there is really to be no slot for an external SD card, please, please ask them to make sure that it has USB OTG capabilities. It's nice being able to move information about when no laptop is handy. I don't willingly use the cloud for much of anything. |
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I'm also sorely missing a micro-sd slot, for me that's the one thing that keeps the note from being great (at least on paper for starters, we'll have to see about reality).
OTG would be a nice addition (and indeed a requirement if it really ends up not getting micro-sd), but if I'd have to chose, I'd go for micro-sd. Looking forward to hearing about availability -and pricing... |
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Very good news! I like the 9.7 size. It is very portable. The 10 ish screen is cool too.
But I'll like more a 10.3 with the hardware of the others (2Gb and quad core). I have a 9.7ml carta+ and feel that the 4.4 (not beta) or even better, 6.0 would be perfect. The carta+ has so much potential (also de n96ml) and the old android (4.0) is bellow its posibilities... Any news of the official 4.4? I am from Argentina, sorry for the "robotic" english... |
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And I will buy it from you Boxxtor. ![]() But God, the power button placement is terrible. It seems that we are still a good 3-4 months away and if the circuit board is still at the bottom I would not hold my breath for a radical redesign. But oh great Booxtor, why... why Android 6 and not 8 (with project treble) at this point? ![]() Can anybody confirm usb C for the Max2 Pro? Also, isnt't it strange that in non of the videos does the guy use touch...? Last edited by BKeeper; 10-17-2017 at 11:43 PM. |
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I haven't access to the Wifi ... and the direct connexion with an USB active device is problematic. But, I can use an SD card to transfer the files. So, an SD card is necessary.
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And another message to Onyx, «Keep up the very good, clever and dedicated work you have been doing up to now!».
I am testing a different brand device, as I wanted to check a few things. I see that their interpretation of A2 is "threshold" instead of "dither". When you enable A2 mode in this other device, all you see is silhouettes. When you do it on Onyx, dithering is applied to the distribution of black and white pixels and it is comparable to greyscale (while of course a lesser quality if compared to the proper greyscale of "Normal" mode). To have that kind of quality (and attention) on the Boox Max Carta was a very nice surprise. On this other device, A2 is only useful for its most basic feature of avoiding refresh flicker - but you will never be able to render video or images - including replicating a desktop usefully etc. (EDIT > ) You cannot even recognize icons. So, engineering the Onyx devices already includes features that are not to be taken for granted. Last edited by mdp; 10-18-2017 at 02:58 PM. |
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Also: we may need to have a way to disable screen update caching.
It was clear when I first met the issue. Some firmwares had aggressive caching: if you type a string - "1234567890", sometimes it will appear immediately, sometimes it will never appear until you "wake up" the device (with screen interaction etc.). The device may "go to sleep" on its own judgement and disable screen updates. It is useless to have a faster processor if screen reaction is disabled. Caching may sometimes be useful, but if it is there, there must also be a way to disable it. |
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Thanks! I actually didn't leave the boards
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Max and Canvas will be equipped with SD card slot. Boox Note - currently designed without SD Card slot, but the internal storage could be increased up to 64GB (dependent on demand ) Last edited by Booxtor; 10-19-2017 at 05:27 AM. |
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Just out of curiosity. Doesn't a dual touch impact the picture quality because of the extra layer? Last edited by joblack; 10-19-2017 at 05:44 AM. |
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Thanks for this ! I'm waiting ... |
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Also because, remember, some like it one way and some the other way (if we focus on the screen - moultitouch, though not impossible it's hard to do without). Last edited by mdp; 10-19-2017 at 06:30 AM. |
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It is because of these applications, which represent the next goal for EPD devices, that we need snappy systems. I am a bit concerned that "new hardware (sufficient) for new software" will mean that the difference between "available capacity" and "system required load" will be constant, or not advantageous - i.e. you get similar responsiveness because the capacity grew, but also the system requirements. Instead, I wish the general responsiveness to improve. When Office Automation becomes comparable to that of the desktop (without considering the real estate constraints of mobility), I am satisfied. Quote:
Someone may be interested in what I wrote yesterday in a mail addressing to a different engineering team: Quote:
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