See here: http://reader-sony.ru/

Edit: Meant to post this in the Sony 700 subforum. Can a moderator move this please?

No problemo -- moved. :nice:

Thanks, NatCh!

You're quite welcome, thanks for the link to the pix! :pleased:

Great googley moogley! That looks like a russified version of the 700 -- already! I wonder if this means that they're planning to release it there. And if they're not ... how the red and white polka-dotted blue blazes did they get ahold of one to russify!?!?!?

Shhhh.. our russian friends have their methods... :D

Seriously, though, it looks like it was shot in a store, what with the security cables and the stands... Maybe a Sony Style store that got their supply early. As to the russian text, it could be an embedded epub or a pdf, or of course - a hacked PRS700 :)

It looks like the PRS-700's lighting system can use improvement.

As to the russian text, it could be an embedded epub or a pdf, or of course - a hacked PRS700 :)The thing that makes me think it's the latter is that some of the shots look like a manual. Of course someone could have xlated the manual and made a PDF of that I suppose. :chinscratch:

It looks like the PRS-700's lighting system can use improvement.I wouldn't put too much store in that, actually, just like e-ink itself, wedgelights never seem to photograph very well: they always seem to look better in person than in pixels. :shrug:

Thanks for the link.

Do wish they'd put up some photos without that sidelight on so I can see that you can turn the light off and that the screen then looks identical to the 505

I wouldn't put too much store in that, actually, just like e-ink itself, wedgelights never seem to photograph very well: they always seem to look better in person than in pixels. :shrug:

You might be right. Always better to see it in person. I hope they go on display at Borders and Target soon.

That looks like a russified version of the 700 -- already! ... how the red and white polka-dotted blue blazes did they get ahold of one to russify!?!?!?
Easy and simple.
Create a pdf file in Azbuka and load it up.
This has worked since "good ole" PRS-500 days.

The thing that makes me think it's the latter is that some of the shots look like a manual. Of course someone could have xlated the manual and made a PDF of that I suppose.

One point to note is that the graphics in the document are of the 505, so I expect that all it's actually showing is that it can display East-European fonts in a PDF...

You might be right. Always better to see it in person. I hope they go on display at Borders and Target soon.

That was my reaction as well, I thought the internal light looked god awful. Hopefully you wont notice the same thing IRL. Not that I plan on getting a PRS-700, but anyway :)

One point to note is that the graphics in the document are of the 505 ....Ah yes, I got all excited and missed that detail. :smack: Thanks for pointing it out. :nice:

Russian text is all PDFs. The Russian version of manual was made by people from the-ebook.org forums.

It looks like the PRS-700's lighting system can use improvement.

I think the camera taking the picture is lying. It tries to get the same exposure for both low and high light pictures so they end up looking a like. I suspect it looks better in person.

Dale

Russian text is all PDFs. The Russian version of manual was made by people from the-ebook.org forums.

I translated the text and found a few interesting comments. They said the 505 and 700 seemed to be about the same size and that the 700 was only 1mm thicker. I thought the 700 was a little smaller than that and a bit thicker. They also said the case was made of plastic.

Dale

They also said the case was made of plastic.

Dale

Yeah this bit is very disappointing if it is true. I have noticed it when I read the article.

Some video footage in Action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W32iFBbaA1A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5dpLiMAOv4

Sony page:
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665562069