[$] A look at CrossPoint e-reader firmware

There are a number of small,inexpensive, low-powered e-reader or e-paper devices that have promise asebook readers with one minor problem: the firmware they ship with does notrealize their full potential. To solve that problem, the CrossPoint Reader project looks toprovide replacement firmware that offers necessary features, better performance,and a more pleasant reading experience. On August7, the project released version1.5.0, which opens large EPUBs more quickly, providesoffline dictionary lookups, and has reworked settings for changing layout andfont options. The release also improves support for right-to-left text as wellas Chinese, Japanese, andKorean (CJK) text rendering.