10-03-2007, 03:29 AM | #61 |
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I disagree, Steve. Over the last couple of years the US$ has plummeted in value against both the Euro and the British Pound - eg a couple of years ago, £1 bought US$1.60, today it buys US$2.02. That makes US products extremely cheap for us to buy, hence a lot more attractive for us Europeans.
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10-03-2007, 05:54 AM | #62 |
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Agree with HarryT, euro is incredibly strong against US$, too much actually.
The PRS-505 only costs 210E+VAT=+-245E in most eu countries, sony could sell many here at this price. But I guess that, as it has always been, when Readers are sold in europe they will cost 300E... Last edited by guguy; 10-03-2007 at 06:36 AM. |
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10-03-2007, 02:42 PM | #65 |
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Is there any indication of whether or not the new reader + library software will work on 64-bit Windows?
As you may know from a couple discussions here, the old software does not. |
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10-03-2007, 03:19 PM | #66 |
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I ordered the PRS-505 last night - should be here tomorrow.
My first eink device and I run OSX primarily. I was going to wait for the Kindle, but the added size and (unneeded) EVDO didn't jive with the small, simple ebook reader I was looking for. I'm excited. |
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I'm also curious as to the back-porting of features like the alphabetical breakdown. I'd really love to see that on the 500 - I think it would also be a good indication of how much support Sony intends to offer older models of the Reader. I would think they'd want to do quite a bit of support, seeing as the "typical Reader customer" (or maybe "target Reader customer"), in my mind, isn't a techie buying the latest and greatest model each week... |
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10-04-2007, 01:09 AM | #68 |
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But, if they are going to implement some of the performance enhancements (of which may really amount to nothing considering the added features in the new PRS-505) is an altogether different question... stay tuned! |
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10-04-2007, 01:19 AM | #71 | |
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That would ultimately make the 500 a better vehicle wouldnt it? |
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10-04-2007, 10:30 AM | #72 | |
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Since the PRS-505 is accessed as a Mass Storage Device, the driver shouldn't be a limitation. The only limitation would be whether or not the software will work. |
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Did some poking around, looks like the answer is still "no" on that one, sorry, Brainy.
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10-08-2007, 01:39 AM | #75 |
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I just got my PRS-505 over the weekend. While I am finding it very nice, I have been unhappy with 2 items. The first is the viewing of PDF files is pretty slow and I have not managed to get them to view in anything but medium zoom.
The second, is not having a back-lit display for reading with low or no lighting is a very bad design choice on the part of Sony. This really should have been a feature of the new device, even if it had to been optionally invoked for when lightening was low or none. Somethings that would have been nice, would include the ability to highlight and tag sections of a book. The bookmark is fine, but with technical books, it would be nice to allow one to highlight specific areas and then put tags. That of course would me the reader would need to implement a touch screen with a virtual keyboard. If they could implement a few of the above features, I think they could make a pitch to college students and business folks. Certainly, SONY needs to be smarter on cutting deals with publishers. The e-book cost needs to be 3/4 the price of the printed edition, especially for college text books. Personally, if I were still a student - I would purchase the used textbooks and then scan them into PDF format, just so I would not need to tote around heavy books. From Sony's perspective - they REALLY should look at how Apple did the iTunes store and push forward to make a mark in this field. They have a VERY nice product with this new reader - albeit some minor improvements. They need to get publishers to push content out at highly discounted prices the way Apple did with music and video. Heck, I would pay $3.00 for some of my old Wrox Technical Books in Sony Format or some other older books. With the big trend on Green and environment, it is a good time to be marketing a technology that can save trees. So - the short of it, I REALLY do like the reader and highly recommend it. |
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