Bookeen launched the Diva and Diva HD e-readers late last year, and Good e-Reader will be reviewing these in the next couple of days. The company has just issued their first firmware update that adds a new OpenDys font and also supports a couple of new languages.
What are the new features?
- Integration of OpenDys font
- Ability to keep the page currently being read visible during standby
- Access the list of all selections in the online bookstore
- Possibility to return the interface for the DIVA model (option already present on the DIVA HD model)
- New languages for the interface: German, Italian and Hungarian
Bugfix
- Display of the loan end date in the appropriate language
- Frequent flashes disappear when entering text
- “Return” key in the reading correctly displayed for links, search and table of contents
- Improvement of the behavior of the close button of the preview when moving in the pages of a book
- Correct extraction of the covers of books protected by Adobe DRM
- Improvement of the management of recommendations (no arrow if no remaining recommendations)
- Download an archived book from the store unarchives it well
- The cover of the book being read is displayed correctly, even if the pages have not yet been turned
- Fixed problems closing the account creation window in case of error
- Images in jpeg and gif format are now well rendered in PDF files
- Multiple archiving of books is now well taken into account
- The time counter remaining before the end of each page / chapter is now more reliable
What are the graphic improvements?
- Addition of gray borders around book covers
- The size of the word definition text in the dictionary is now consistent with the rest of the interface
- Pre-order cancellation display window suitable for all screen resolutions
What improvements have been made to the operating system of your eReader?
- Improved battery level indicator
- Update via USB no longer blocks DIVA HD models
- Fixed device startup with very large number of files