PocketBook Releases Update 6.4 for Touch Lux 5 and Touch HD 3

Core Changes

1. Performance improvements.

2. Quicker device boot process.

3. Optimization of the zoom and scaling procedures for images and illustrations.

4. Scroll improvements in all applications.

5. Quicker rendering of book covers.

6. Quicker rendering of PDF pages.

7. New, more convenient and functional keyboard UI with new character layouts. Several characters can be assigned to each keyboard key, which are available with a long press. Ability to switch on hints for additional characters assigned to each keyboard key in Settings.

8. Support of Chinese pinyin input (Simplified and Traditional inputs).

9. The ability to adjust frontlight brightness and temperature more precisely.

10. The ability to download preinstalled dictionaries if they were deleted for some reason.

11. UI improvements of the Calendar app.

12. Support of non-TTF fonts. From now on, users can add not only TTF fonts but also OTF and TTC fonts to the device.

13. Some performance improvements in UI of the Reading program.

14. Support of new improved TTS voices, the ability to download them directly from the UI of the Reading Program.

15. Fixed the problem of a possibly incorrect order of notes while exporting them to an HTML file.

Reading Program

1. Support of LCP DRM protected files.

2. Ability to adjust brightness, contrast and gamma-correction for PDF- and DjVu-formatted books.

3. New UI controls to adjust the font of vocabulary entries when reading in the dictionary mode.

4. The speed and the quality of the processing of EPUB books increased significantly.

5. Exception handling during the rendering of PDF books prevents possible mistakes while opening the PDF file and provides a better experience of reading documents in this format.

6. RTF format files to open much faster.

7. The ability to quickly restore the “fit to page” or “fit to width” mode after changing the scale in PDF- and DjVu-formatted books by “pinch-to-zoom” gesture. Right after changing the scale, the icon «return to fit previously selected scale appears to quickly restore this mode.

8. Fixed the problem of not displaying the table of contents in DRM-protected books.

9. Fixed the problem that the dictionary mode could not be launched if this function was assigned to a certain key in the key mapping.

10. Fixed the problem of the absence of page numbering in FB2-formatted books if the built-in page numbering was turned off.

11. Fixed the problem that some password-protected PDF files could not be opened even if the correct password was used.

12. Fixed the problem of possibly not using some built-in fonts in EPUB-formatted books.

13. Fixed the problem of possible incorrect paragraph indents in DOCX-formatted books.

14. Fixed the problem of incorrect forming of the table of contents of certain comic books (CBR and CBZ format).

15. Fixed the problem of displaying illustrations incorrectly in some books in FB2 format.

Book Store App

1. Series support provides the ability to buy the book series in the Shop app quickly and conveniently.

2. Unzer payments system support (credit card & immediate bank transfer).

Browser App

1. Extra screen updates while loading a web page have been removed.

Library App

1. Fixed the problem of incorrect sorting by authors for certain books.

Other Improvements

1. Book covers on the Home Screen load more quickly now.

2. Lithuanian and Latvian wording improvements.

3. Fixed the problem of possible ghosting effects if the Power-off Logo was set to Book Cover.

4. Other minor bug fixes.

Core changes

1. New, more convenient and functional keyboard UI with new character layouts. Several characters can be assigned to each keyboard key, which are available with a long press. Ability to switch on hints for additional characters assigned to each keyboard key in Settings.

2. Support of Chinese pinyin input (Simplified and Traditional inputs).

3. The ability to adjust frontlight brightness and temperature more precisely.

4. The ability to download preinstalled dictionaries if they were deleted for some reason.

5. UI improvements of the Calendar app.

6. Support of non-TTF fonts. From now on, users can add not only TTF fonts but also OTF and TTC fonts to the device.

7. Some performance improvements in UI of the Reading program.

8. Fixed the problem of a possibly incorrect order of notes while exporting them to an HTML file.

Reading Program

1. RTF format files to open much faster.

2. The ability to quickly restore the “fit to page” or “fit to width” mode after changing the scale in PDF- and DjVu-formatted books by “pinch-to-zoom” gesture. Right after changing the scale, the icon «return to fit previously selected scale» appears to quickly restore this mode.

3. Fixed the problem of displaying illustrations incorrectly in some books in FB2 format.