Onyx Boox has just released their firmware 2.0 update for all modern e-readers. This includes a vastly improved UI and hundreds of fixes to enhance user experience. It can be downloaded as an over the air update with WIFI turned on and it is also available as a manual download from the Onyx website.
Not only is the UI improved but there now an online bookstore, 30% speed increase of opening PDF files, better two-page spread management, handwriting search & edit, bluetooth keyboard input on notes, app management & optimization.
There has also been some new features for using the stylus such as select, move, rotate, duplicate, resize, and remove handwritten notes and drawings. They also added a new recognition feature that lets you run searches through your handwritten notes.
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
