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ONYX BOOX PrometheusPearl 9,7" touch screen with lightingAndroid 4.0.4 system16 GB of internal memoryWi-Fi moduleand more...
ONYX BOOX Prometheus
ONYX BOOX Prometheus is a device with the 9,7" E Ink screen having the MOON Light system and touch controlling. The given model can be the perfect choice for those who often have to read academic or technical literature. Its large and comfortable for the eyes display with lighting, a powerful processor in combination with 1 GB of RAM are optimal tools for reading PDF and DjVu files. A built-in Wi-Fi module allows one to use the device for full Internet browsing.
What is E Ink Pearl?
E Ink Pearl is the newest development of E Ink company. This display is made on the "electronic paper" technology and allows you to read as comfortably as on ordinary paper pages. Compared to previous generations of ePaper, E Ink Pearl has higher contrast has a less period of a screen refresh. The display is consuming power only when something is changing on it
Comfortable reading
The 9,7" E Ink Pearl display is perfect for viewing documents containing graphs and charts and for working with PDF and DjVu files. The absence of shimmering light and the principle of image formation based on the E Ink method makes reading comfortable for your eyes. The touch screen enables easy controlling while reading a document: scrolling, zooming, making notes in the text and using additional functions.
Format support
The BOOX software allows the user to open files of various text and graphic formats. When reading you can change font style and size, disposition of pages, insert bookmarks, add your own fonts and zoom documents at your will.
Outstanding technical specifications
The Freescale processor with a 1 GHz clock rate and 1 GB of RAM ensures comfortable work with any even the most difficult documents. 16 GB of nonvolatile memory and a microSD-slot supporting memory cards up to 32 GB allow the user to store voluminous documents in PDF and DjVu formats.
Built-in dictionaries
The Prometheus eReader has pre-installed English-Russian and Russian-English dictionaries. Want to translate an unknown word? Just touch it!
Google Play
The model has the pre-installed Google Play app which gives access to hundreds of thousands of third-party Android programs, including free ones. This opportunity significantly expands the functionality of the device and gives you a large number of additional variants of its usage.
Reprogramming option
The Prometheus model allows the user to write personal software using the Android 4.0.4. options.
Continuous work
Low power consumption of E-Ink displays and battery capacity of 3000 mAh provides up to a month of autonomous work.
Support of languages and dictionaries
The BOOX allows the user to read documents in different world languages. Amongst them there are such languages as Russian, English, German, French, Spanish, Arabic, Swedish, Chinese, Japanese and many others.
ONYX BOOX Prometheus is a device with the 9,7" E Ink screen having the MOON Light system and touch controlling. The given model can be the perfect choice for those who often have to read academic or technical literature. Its large and comfortable for the eyes display with lighting, a powerful processor in combination with 1 GB of RAM are optimal tools for reading PDF and DjVu files. A built-in Wi-Fi module allows one to use the device for full Internet browsing and pre-installed Google Play greatly expands its functionality.
| Display | 9,7", E Ink Pearl, 16 levels of grey, 825 × 1200 dpi, touch |
| Lighting | MOON Light |
| Processor | Freescale i.MX6, 1 GHz |
| RAM | 1 GB |
| Internal memory | 16 GB |
| Expansion slot | For SD/MMC/SDHC cards |
| USB interface | microUSB |
| Supported file formats | Text: TXT, HTML, RTF, FB2, FB2.zip, DOC, DOCX, PRC, MOBI, CHM, PDB, DOC, EPUB Graphic: JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP Others: PDF, DjVu |
| Wireless interface | Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g/n |
| Bluetooth | 4.0 |
| Battery | Li-on, 3000 mAh |
| Operating system | Android 4.0.4 |
| Size | 258,2 × 177,3 × 9,5 mm |
| Color | Black |
| Weight | 450 gr |
| Kit | ONYX BOOX Prometheus eReader User's manual Case-cover USB-cable European power adapter as a gift 220 В Warranty card |
| Гарантийный срок | 1 год |
Note: Since a part of the Flash memory size is system software, the portion available to the user is less than the total size of the memory chip.
The device is designed primarily for reading electronic books, but has some additional features which are defined by the installed software. For example, the current firmware has functions such as calendar, dictionary, access to the Internet, and others.
The device is freely reprogrammable on request of the user who can install, delete and create programs.
The device has a battery that provides long, autonomous usage.
System software update
Current version.
Revisions
- Bug fixes.
Setup
- Download the firmware file on your PC.
- Charge the device battery at least up to 50%.
- Copy the .zip file onto your device into the root directory of the internal memory via a USB cable. Then disconnect the cable.
- Connect an AC charger to the device and then to a power supply source.
- From the main page of the eReader go to Settings > About > System Update > Check update from local storage.
- There will be a question: "New update package found,do you want to update?". Choose "OK".
- Updating process will start. It lasts for about 5 minutes.
- If there appears the system menu in the process, select Reboot Now with the help of the side buttons and confirm your choice with a short press of the Power button.
- Wait till the user interface starts.
- Remove the installation file of the firmware after the eReader turns on.
- After the procedure, go again to Settings > Privacy > Factory data reset > Reset device and Erase everything. This procedure is necessary to make the device work properly.
Answers to questions
ONYX BOOX Prometheus Reviews
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