I get to play with a 700 :)

daffy4u · 04-01-2009, 08:08 PM

Someone I work with from time to time who has seen my Kindle, just told me he bought a Sony 700 for Christmas. I told him I now have the Kindle 2. He'll bring his 700 tomorrow and I'll have my K1 and K2 (I have my K2 with me now) and we'll play.

I've already told him a bit about Calibre, so I'll get him up to speed with that and maybe get him to join MobileRead.

Ebook readers in the wild. Yay!

zelda_pinwheel · 04-01-2009, 08:10 PM

exciting ! it's like a mini meetup.

tell us all about it...

daffy4u · 04-01-2009, 08:17 PM

I shall. I'll take some reader pics as well.

jaxx6166 · 04-01-2009, 08:36 PM

<3 my 700. I'm finding myself using it more than my 505 lately.

GraceKrispy · 04-02-2009, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by daffy4u

He'll bring his 700 tomorrow and I'll have my K1 and K2 (I have my K2 with me now) and we'll play.

OOOOH!! an ereader playdate! that sounds like fun! I have yet to meet someone irl with any other form of ereader, but I'd love to set up a playdate with my 505 and some nice little kindle down the lane.... Have fun!

daffy4u · 04-02-2009, 08:25 PM

Playdate! Love it.

Playdate delayed.

We're both freakishly busy on this job but have until Saturday to try again.

GraceKrispy · 04-03-2009, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by daffy4u

Playdate! Love it.

Playdate delayed.

We're both freakishly busy on this job but have until Saturday to try again.

Aww, hope you get your playdate soon! If I could just get a free ticket to the mainland, I could let my 505 play with my mom's kindle. Hey, does that make the kindle an auntie to my 505?

daffy4u · 04-03-2009, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

Aww, hope you get your playdate soon! If I could just get a free ticket to the mainland, I could let my 505 play with my mom's kindle. Hey, does that make the kindle an auntie to my 505?

I'm actually playing with it now. The trusting soul left it with me to play with all day (or when I have a moment).

Quick impressions:

-small
-looks different from what I pictured in my head. Even though I've seen many photos of it, in my head, I thought the ribbing ran all the way across the face of the reader, instead of about 1/3rd of the way.
-turns on super fast (way faster than either of my Kindles)
-weight feels the same as my K2 (so it was heavier than I expected)
-I don't have a problem with the screen. My K1 and K2 are crisper but I really have no trouble reading the 700.
-I am not good with the page swiping (I'm not good with it on my iPod Touch either). I much prefer tapping the side of the screen to get the page to turn. I do have to tap a bit harder than I expected. The stylus works great.
-the has 125 books on it and they are mostly pdf books. Zooming pages works well for text, I haven't run across any images yet.
-the fonts in the pdf can be made huge, so a range of vision issues should be covered.
-I can't for the life of me figure out how to make a collection. None of the 125 books is in a collection.

More later, I must get back to the grind.

zelda_pinwheel · 04-03-2009, 08:18 PM

wow, that IS a trusting soul !

i'm surprised it weighs the same as the K2, the K2 looks lighter to me (and yes i do realise just how absurd that sounds

).

collections : i don't think you can make them directly on the 700 : i always make them in calibre by adding tags or series info, then when i send the books to the device the tags / series are converted into collections.

thanks for sharing your impressions !

GraceKrispy · 04-03-2009, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by daffy4u

I'm actually playing with it now. The trusting soul left it with me to play with all day (or when I have a moment).

-I can't for the life of me figure out how to make a collection. None of the 125 books is in a collection.

More later, I must get back to the grind.

Thanks for the review! I can't believe you got to keep it all day! I'd be lost without my 505 for a day... even if I don't get to read it, I have to know it's right there, jic!

I make collections on my sony software- very easy to do there (I haven't yet tried calibre). Just come up with a new folder, put the books you want in there, in the order you want them, and you're good to go. I can't do any moving or changing around on the actual reader itself.

Very cool to read your impressions....

daffy4u · 04-03-2009, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

wow, that IS a trusting soul !

i'm surprised it weighs the same as the K2, the K2 looks lighter to me (and yes i do realise just how absurd that sounds

).

I thought the 700 would be much lighter but that metal casing is heavier than I imagined. The reality is that without their covers the 700 = 10 oz and K2 = 10.2 oz. Now if you add the covers, that's a whole different thing. My M-Edge cover is heavier and thicker than the cover for the 700. Padding and that decorative strip of leather on my case add to the thickness.

It's a great reader with some great features. One day there may really be a "Kinny" that combines the best of both. I'm still fully Kindle-zed but it's fun to play in someone else's reader world for a while.

mos · 04-04-2009, 02:15 AM

Thanks for the pics. Wow, I never thought the Kindle would be that much bigger! I always thought they where around the same.

Wetdogeared · 04-04-2009, 08:02 AM

Thanks Daffy, we seldom see pics of the two together. Have we at least Sonyized you a little bit?

WDE.

daffy4u · 04-04-2009, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Wetdogeared

Thanks Daffy, we seldom see pics of the two together. Have we at least Sonyized you a little bit?

WDE.

I've never disliked the Sony. It was my trying to decide between the Kindle and the Sony that brought me to MobileRead. I would still choose the Kindle for the same reasons I did before. The 700 is a great reader and if I ever decide to cross-pollinate (which I'm very open to since I now have multiple Kindles), it's on my list which seems to be growing daily.

zelda_pinwheel · 04-04-2009, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by daffy4u

I've never disliked the Sony. It was my trying to decide between the Kindle and the Sony that brought me to MobileRead. I would still choose the Kindle for the same reasons I did before. The 700 is a great reader and if I ever decide to cross-pollinate (which I'm very open to since I now have multiple Kindles), it's on my list which seems to be growing daily.

we must have the same list.

and i take back what i said about the kindle "looking" lighter (which i know is still absurd

) ; i didn't realize it was so much bigger than the sony ! it's hard to judge from photos.

04-01-2009, 08:08 PM	#1
daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	I get to play with a 700 :) Someone I work with from time to time who has seen my Kindle, just told me he bought a Sony 700 for Christmas. I told him I now have the Kindle 2. He'll bring his 700 tomorrow and I'll have my K1 and K2 (I have my K2 with me now) and we'll play. I've already told him a bit about Calibre, so I'll get him up to speed with that and maybe get him to join MobileRead. Ebook readers in the wild. Yay!

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zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	exciting ! it's like a mini meetup. tell us all about it...

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daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	I shall. I'll take some reader pics as well.

04-01-2009, 08:36 PM	#4
jaxx6166 Wizard Posts: 1,222 Karma: 769316 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eternal summer Device: 350, iPad, PW	<3 my 700. I'm finding myself using it more than my 505 lately.

04-02-2009, 08:25 PM	#6
daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	Playdate! Love it. Playdate delayed. We're both freakishly busy on this job but have until Saturday to try again.

04-03-2009, 08:18 PM	#9
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	wow, that IS a trusting soul ! i'm surprised it weighs the same as the K2, the K2 looks lighter to me (and yes i do realise just how absurd that sounds ). collections : i don't think you can make them directly on the 700 : i always make them in calibre by adding tags or series info, then when i send the books to the device the tags / series are converted into collections. thanks for sharing your impressions !

04-04-2009, 02:15 AM	#12
mos Addict Posts: 392 Karma: 2200 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Germany Device: iphone 4, iPad, Nook softrooted	Thanks for the pics. Wow, I never thought the Kindle would be that much bigger! I always thought they where around the same.

04-04-2009, 08:02 AM	#13
Wetdogeared Storm Surge'n Posts: 5,776 Karma: 8213195 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Lobster Capital Device: S0ny PRS-300/350/505/700/T1	Thanks Daffy, we seldom see pics of the two together. Have we at least Sonyized you a little bit? WDE.

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