07-21-2007, 08:01 AM | #106 |
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08-25-2007, 03:27 PM | #107 |
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A trick that I used to use on my palm pilot was to apply a small amount of rainx to the screen, and it would "seal" scratches. Might work on a sony reader, but I'm not sure of the screen composition
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08-25-2007, 10:30 PM | #108 | |
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Take cover off PRS500
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08-26-2007, 12:48 AM | #109 |
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Just pull the rascal off, itry. It'll make a really nasty noise, but it won't actually hurt it any.
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08-26-2007, 09:18 AM | #110 |
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And when you want to attach the cover back, put the reader on a hard flat surface, so that you don't damage a screen when pressing on the cover's attachment ring.
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08-28-2007, 12:12 AM | #111 |
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pulling cover off = pulling on the metal
pushing the cover on while the reader is face-down = pushing on the glass when the glass has air under it so actually, i'd say the best advice is sort of the inverse of Bob's. lay the cover first on a hard surface and then place the reader face up, pushing on the middle of the glass with your findgers till it snaps. counter-intuitive, but the force will be on the glass either way and i think this way is better. |
08-28-2007, 10:32 AM | #112 |
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Something that you seem not to be considering there, alex_d, is that the case is actually a pretty solid metal construction, so the force of doing what Bob described is dispersed through the metal to the flat surface (the display isn't pinched between them at the edges, you see), rather than being placed on the display.
What Bob has described was the suggested cover installation method that the Sony folks gave us directly (it was one of the very first things they told us, in fact, so they apparently felt it was important ) at the Blogger's Day last year. I believe I'll stick to it, and suggest that others do the same. |
08-28-2007, 10:39 AM | #113 |
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Yep, I would HIGHLY recommend not pushing with your thumbs directly on the glass to put the cover on. As Nathan points out, Sony was pretty eager to suggest the face down way of attaching a cover (and the screen, while reasonably tough, is probably the weakest part of the device in terms of durabiility).
I never thought about taking it off, but I think I sort of push my fingers in between as I push it off to keep from twisting anything. It sure does make a nasty noise, though!! |
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I bought the brown Sony cover and love it. I go camping often and put the original cover back on so that I don't get the brown one dirty. Since I swap the covers out all the time I found it to be a non-issue. |
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Hehe, my wife was afraid I'd break hers when I offered to show her how svelt it was w/o the cover. She was afraid it was attached with sticky stuff, then I showed her the ring you can see from the back cover. Of course, if she actually heard it getting removed, she'd probably punch me! Yikes!
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ETA: and of course the next post after this one suggest just what I described above. Last edited by jpchan; 09-02-2007 at 08:45 PM. |
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The way I put mine on is I lay my hand flat on the screen and turn it upside down. I then use my other hand to push each section gently in till it snaps. This may not work so well for others as I have gigantic hands so lots of surface area. I just nead the snaps with my fingers till they click in so I apply the minimum pressure to the device. I would fear too much pressure if I tried to make them "all" snap in all at once.
VERY poor design but I guess its the only real way to do it. I would have preferred a ZIF style socket that you can "lock" with a twist. It could not "untwist" when closed so nothing to worry about. This would also allow for interesting DOCKING possibilities. I would love to double stick a "lock ring" above my head in the camera (bunk overhangs the main bed) I could then insert and twist and lock my ebook to the ceiling above my head (only about 12 inches from my face which is about perfect) While I could do that now I would not trust having to remove and reinsert this HIF socket so many times. Hmmm gets me wondering. Might be possible to Modify the sock into a ZIF style socket I could then mold my own "docks" to fit into the socket. The trick is whether alumilite is as strong as the plastic used now :-) I just might have to test this. I think I can play with it in a non destructive manner too. Chis Taylor http://www.nerys.com/ |
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Really interesting ideas you've got there, nerys, please let us know what you come up with.
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