Spring Design is pushing out a firmware update for the Alex. It’s not available on their website; you have to wait for your Alex to check for for it. I’m told it checks once a day.
I’ve just heard back from Spring Design with the details. Here is what they told me:
- updated the user manual and replaced the PDF with Epub (it nowhas all the Epub reading features like font sizes)
- the Alex now automatically shows up as a USB drive (like other Android devices, it had to be manually mounted before)
- repartitioned the internal memory to support the upcoming Android 1.6 OS (coming later this month)
- fixed a System Hang bug
I’ve also heard from someone on MobileRead that some type of Twitter feature was added. Can anyone give me more information on that?
Update: I just got a second email from someone else at Spring Design. Here is what he said was changed:
We resolved many bugs at this update. Some big updates are listed as follows:
1. Fixed the system hang bug.
2. Enabled to transfer DRM books from Adobe Digital Edition (PC) to Alex.
3. Enabled Font size for PDF books.
4. Revised User Manual to use ePub format,which is good for reading.
5. Removed Dictionary temporarily because of system space is not enough and will put it back in next Android 1.6 update.
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You may see the update procedure at http://mipapyreebookreader.blogspot.com/2010/07/actualizamos-el-firmware-de-mi-papyre.html
And 12 detailed posts about the ALEX at
http://mipapyreebookreader.blogspot.com/2010/07/actualizamos-el-firmware-de-mi-papyre.html