[soondai]

Hi.
I snagged a PRS-300 on clearance at Target yesterday for 75 bucks. Very happy with the purchase since I almost bought one at Best Buy for 120 a month or so ago.

From reading the boards I think I have a good idea of its abilities and limitations. I know not to load it too full of books or it will take forever to turn on. And to use Calibre instead of their library. But I have a few questions.

1) Have any 300 owners had the battery completely die on them yet? How long did it take to happen and is there any possibility of replacing the battery yourself? google yields nothing promising here.

2) I've seen that PSP chargers work. I want to make sure: my cell phone charger w/ mini USB will not work?

3) How is the official Sony case with light? They're available for 17 bucks on Amazon, but some reviews indicate it does not offer much protection. Any recommendations here? Improvising w cases for other things? I'd love to find just a cheap case for travel storage and fending off toddler foraging.

4) Roughly how many books can it hold before the initial scanning slowdown becomes a pain? I've got about 10 loaded up and it seems fine. I can't imagine I'd ever want more than 20 on there at a time.

Thanks in advance for your help.

I'd finally decided to get a Kindle a day or two back when I saw this deal and I have no regrets going this way. I just want to read. I really like the machine so far. It's even handled PDFs much better than I would have guessed. And I really love the look and feel of the Sonys, but the new line was out of my price range. Happy to be cutting my teeth with this.