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02-23-2010, 02:44 PM | #32 |
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Good luck with that one! I would not hold my breath, though... I e-mailed them two weeks ago and, up to now, not even an automated message to let me know that the message was received!
I own several Sony products, I am pretty happy with my reader (aside from the 'usual' problems mentioned here, but I think that my next reader won't be a Sony anymore! |
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02-23-2010, 04:53 PM | #33 | |
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I'm sure though that they are reading this forum and taking everything we say and putting on some big white board somewhere Ok, maybe not |
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02-23-2010, 04:56 PM | #34 |
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Just in case though....
To add to my earlier wish about more info displayed in the book info, I'd also like to see:
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02-24-2010, 04:33 PM | #35 |
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Maybe they have it now on a reader other than what I have, I don't know but I would love COLOR in pictures
And I SO agree with sub folders. I really wish I could have it set up where I could put my books in one folder and then in those folder group by genre and then have another folder for books I read to my son |
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02-24-2010, 04:45 PM | #36 |
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I doubt that any fw update will bring any new functions rather than bugfixes. They have the cropping on the 900 but there's no "cropping update" for the 600, allthough I'm pretty sure that the programming would pretty similar. So they know how to do it but still don't improve any allready sold hardware. Or am I just being to negative here???
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02-24-2010, 04:52 PM | #37 |
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Well, they should do it, and that's what I pointed in my e-mail. Firstly, because the 600 is still in production, so, an updated version would make the customers buying it, and secondly, because the competition is harsh - iPad is coming pretty soon and I'm afraid that Sony and others will loose some customers if they don't react quick enough. (now, this being said, let's not start another discossion here about Apple and whether or not the iPad is a good product!)
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Laurentiu, I fully agree with you. Though I still doubt that there'll be an update rather than a PRS-606 or so.
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02-25-2010, 03:50 PM | #40 | |
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As usual, the person who reads and answers the e-mails has no clue whatsoever about the technical capabilities. Anyway, it's good to hear that you received a reply (how long did it take?) At least we know there is somebody at the other end of the line! |
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02-25-2010, 04:06 PM | #41 |
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Un-be-lievable! They manage to sound so knowledgeable when in fact they have no idea!
I think the prs-900 does support full justification, so they might just be confused.... Why don't you send them an epub from right here on mobileread, one with full justification already specified in its code? (anyone can recommend one?) Let them find out for themselves. Good thing that they at least took the trouble to answer though... |
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I sent a mail to sony support about a month ago asking whether a firmware update was in the works to support full justification on the 600, they replied:
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We'll you don't need to be a Sony rep to realise that there is not an update at this point of time
I sometimes wonder about these people on the phones / behind emails. Surely there must be a way, as a consumer, to pass on a message to actual developers about their product. |
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On the other side, I can live with the lack of justification in exchange of supplemental dictionaries! But, something tells me this is another dead issue! Still can't figure why do we need two English dictionaries? (Yes, I know that a 'lorry' in UK is a 'truck' in US, but I can live with those differences). At least now I know that my next reader won't be from Sony! |
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