Onyx Boox 60 review - Page 2

bjrnfrdnnd · 10-25-2009, 10:13 AM

Thanks for the great review!

Does anyone know how the touchscreen is constructed?
I read that sony's prs 600, while better than the 700,
still has massive glare because the touchscreen layer is built on top of the e-ink layer.
How is the glare situation with the boox? Does the screen reach the quality of the prs505 or the cybook opus?

Nate the great · 10-25-2009, 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bjrnfrdnnd

Thanks for the great review!

Does anyone know how the touchscreen is constructed?
I read that sony's prs 600, while better than the 700,
still has massive glare because the touchscreen layer is built on top of the e-ink layer.
How is the glare situation with the boox? Does the screen reach the quality of the prs505 or the cybook opus?

There is no glare. It's a Wacom touch screen, and it sits behind the Eink screen.

bjrnfrdnnd · 10-25-2009, 11:02 AM

Sounds good.

Do you have any idea one and where one can buy one of these devices?

bjrnfrdnnd · 10-25-2009, 11:03 AM

I mean when and where one can buy one of these devices.

ZrZZ · 10-26-2009, 04:20 PM

is it possible to read all kind of pdf? i mean if its has some resctrictions (dmr)?

menelic · 10-27-2009, 07:02 AM

Mobileread user rfog ordered his Boox from http://www.apoloxxi.com/epages/62035...tegories/Otros - he has a short review in the other Boox thread.

Nate, could you let us know some details about the Boox' annotation functions: Can annotations or highlights be exported from the boox? Thanks in advance!

hapood · 10-27-2009, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by menelic

Mobileread user rfog ordered his Boox from http://www.apoloxxi.com/epages/62035...tegories/Otros - he has a short review in the other Boox thread.

Nate, could you let us know some details about the Boox' annotation functions: Can annotations or highlights be exported from the boox? Thanks in advance!

can't export now（1.1release）

bjrnfrdnnd · 10-27-2009, 12:09 PM

That's exciting news!
The prize seems to be a bit steep though, at 400 Euros.
Nate, do you know whether or not they are going to amend the non-exportation of annotations? Any hints regarding firmware/software upgrades? If your annotations can't leave the boox, their usefulness is greatly reduced in my opinion.

menelic · 10-27-2009, 03:33 PM

Hapood,

your post

Quote:

can't export now（1.1release）

implies that you are in the know about the boox note taking feature - but I dont't fully get what you want to say: Does it mean there is no feature now but it wil be added? please provide details, because just like bjrnfrdnnd, I find the device to be rather useless to me as long as the notes cannot be exported. So anyone who knows or who is in touch with Onyx (Nate?), please ket us know!

bjrnfrdnnd · 10-28-2009, 08:59 AM

The website doesn't say anything regarding exact size and weight.
Can you give us width, height, depth, and weight?

hapood · 10-30-2009, 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by menelic

Hapood,

your post implies that you are in the know about the boox note taking feature - but I dont't fully get what you want to say: Does it mean there is no feature now but it wil be added? please provide details, because just like bjrnfrdnnd, I find the device to be rather useless to me as long as the notes cannot be exported. So anyone who knows or who is in touch with Onyx (Nate?), please ket us know!

OK,now you can sketch on pdf,and it will be saved as *.sketch in a folder named ".onyx".But I can't find an application to print it on a PC .
BTW , I'm not American ，maybe my word is hard to read。。。。。。。

hapood · 10-30-2009, 01:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bjrnfrdnnd

The website doesn't say anything regarding exact size and weight.
Can you give us width, height, depth, and weight?

SIZE：196mm x 121 x10.6mm

DISPLAY SCREEN：6 “e-ink® Vizplex ®环保显示屏

gray scale：8/16 level resolution：800 x 600 px

CPU：532MHz

FLASH：512MB，300M left

ports：USB 2.0 ，3.5mm earphone

EXPRESS：suport SD 、MMC、SDHC（32G SD）

WiFi

battery：1600mAh li-on

weight：298g

PDF/TXT/HTML/MOBIPOCKET/EPUB/CHM/PDB/JPG/PNG/GIF/BMP/TIFF/MP3/WAV

Jumpn Jack Flash · 10-30-2009, 02:57 PM

Nate

Did you ever get your device working again? Any idea why it stopped working?

Any chance you could use your contacts to find out Onyx's plans for the 8 (is it diagional) and 9.7 devices mentioned on their site.

With irexs ditering I am sitting on the fence for buying a reader (really like the 800SG form factor)

DaleDe · 10-31-2009, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jumpn Jack Flash

Nate

Did you ever get your device working again? Any idea why it stopped working?

Any chance you could use your contacts to find out Onyx's plans for the 8 (is it diagional) and 9.7 devices mentioned on their site.

With irexs ditering I am sitting on the fence for buying a reader (really like the 800SG form factor)

There is no indication that the Onyx will ever be available to consumers directly from the company. This is an OEM and it will have to come through some other company to be available to users. Most OEM's do not have direct sales to consumers. You may be sitting on a fence for a long time if you are waiting for a consumer version of this product.

Dale

Nate the great · 11-05-2009, 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jumpn Jack Flash

Nate

Did you ever get your device working again? Any idea why it stopped working?

Any chance you could use your contacts to find out Onyx's plans for the 8 (is it diagional) and 9.7 devices mentioned on their site.

With irexs ditering I am sitting on the fence for buying a reader (really like the 800SG form factor)

It's working now.

Sorry about the long delay. I was waiting for Onyx to get back to me with instructions. They forgot. I got tired of waiting, so I sent another email today.

My problem was caused by a bug in the power management software. The fix was to remove the back cover and unplug the battery. The bug was fixed in the first firmware update (the one I hadn't bothered to install

).

10-27-2009, 07:02 AM	#21
menelic Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Berlin / Takoradi Device: Sony PRS T2	Where to order the Boox Mobileread user rfog ordered his Boox from http://www.apoloxxi.com/epages/62035...tegories/Otros - he has a short review in the other Boox thread. Nate, could you let us know some details about the Boox' annotation functions: Can annotations or highlights be exported from the boox? Thanks in advance!

10-28-2009, 08:59 AM	#25
bjrnfrdnnd Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 14 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: pocketbook 360˚	exact size and weight? The website doesn't say anything regarding exact size and weight. Can you give us width, height, depth, and weight?

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10-25-2009, 10:13 AM	#16
bjrnfrdnnd Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 14 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: pocketbook 360˚	Thanks for the great review! Does anyone know how the touchscreen is constructed? I read that sony's prs 600, while better than the 700, still has massive glare because the touchscreen layer is built on top of the e-ink layer. How is the glare situation with the boox? Does the screen reach the quality of the prs505 or the cybook opus?

10-25-2009, 11:02 AM	#18
bjrnfrdnnd Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 14 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: pocketbook 360˚	Sounds good. Do you have any idea one and where one can buy one of these devices?

10-25-2009, 11:03 AM	#19
bjrnfrdnnd Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 14 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: pocketbook 360˚	I mean when and where one can buy one of these devices.

10-26-2009, 04:20 PM	#20
ZrZZ Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: none	is it possible to read all kind of pdf? i mean if its has some resctrictions (dmr)?

10-27-2009, 12:09 PM	#23
bjrnfrdnnd Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 14 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: pocketbook 360˚	That's exciting news! The prize seems to be a bit steep though, at 400 Euros. Nate, do you know whether or not they are going to amend the non-exportation of annotations? Any hints regarding firmware/software upgrades? If your annotations can't leave the boox, their usefulness is greatly reduced in my opinion.

10-30-2009, 02:57 PM	#28
Jumpn Jack Flash Lazy Git Posts: 124 Karma: 1266 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: The soggy Emerald Isle Device: iRex DR800S	Nate Did you ever get your device working again? Any idea why it stopped working? Any chance you could use your contacts to find out Onyx's plans for the 8 (is it diagional) and 9.7 devices mentioned on their site. With irexs ditering I am sitting on the fence for buying a reader (really like the 800SG form factor)

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