10-26-2010, 10:03 PM | #16 | |
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10-27-2010, 03:26 PM | #17 |
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It makes sense that the browser probably lacks whatever scripting capability is necessary to set a cookie or whatever these web-based login schemes require. It's obviously a pretty minimal app.
I don't know that the device even has the certificate support stack necessary to do that sort of authentication. I identified another interesting limitation of the WiFi interface on the PRS-950: it is at least somewhat sensitive to interference from neighboring WiFi devices. I couldn't get it to connect to the (WPA AES PSK) AP last night until I moved my laptop off my lap and onto a nearby table. Stuff I wish it had: a signal strength indication, some sort of status indicator (possibly including WiFi mode and connection speed, maybe even channel) in the WiFi config screen. OTOH, I didn't anticipate it being as decent a browser as it is, either. I was reading light novels at Baka-Tsuki.org on Monday night and it was a completely acceptable experience - even the illustration tip-ins formatted correctly. I think Sony needs to be careful to remind people that this is an ebook reader that just happens to have limited web browsing capability. It is not an iPad, and it is certainly not a netbook. That said, the browser could be a lot more configurable. Does it stash cookies? Any sort of page caching? All this stuff is under the hood and invisible. I really don't like the idea of the thing retaining cookies (or supercookies) forever... |
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10-29-2010, 02:15 PM | #18 | ||
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Moving onto another topic I also wanted to share some of my frustration with PDF viewing on the PRS-950. As a student I read dozens of peer reviewed academic journals and studies every semester. I've never been under the delusion that the current generation of readers were the end-all-be-all. However I do own Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.4. I have always configured my PDF's with Clearscan OCR and used Acrobat Pro to crop whitespace before loading them on my Reader. While I have always enjoyed using Sony Readers for their PDF support, I was really excited for the Zoom and Pan features in the PRS-950. Alas, what I've found is very dissapointing. When the reader is used in the landscape orientation Sony has decided that Zoom'ing greater than 100% of the screen width is not important. So for instance if I wanted to zoom in on an illustration of a plotted graph, well, too bad so sad. I truly pray that someone will reply to this and say: "Abisha" try this... Because at this point in time, I can come to no other conclusion that PDF Zoom and Pan in landscape mode is completely worthless and that Sony put no effort into improving their firmware from last generation to this. |
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10-29-2010, 07:37 PM | #19 | |
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I like the PRS900. As a matter of fact, I just ordered a PRS950 as well. For books, newspapers and magazines. But for PDFs... get an iPad... |
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11-08-2010, 11:10 PM | #20 |
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prs-950 authentication problem
Just got a new 950 today and ran into a problem trying to authenticate. So I could use it. It threw up a 2025 error code when I entered my Adobe name and password. Sony passed me on to Adobe and the Adobe support chap passed me to a email support page that I have not received a response from yet. I had no problems logging in to Adobe. Anyone else have problems in this area that they solved? I have a 900 that is still working. I also have Adobe Digital Editions on my Mac, if that makes any difference. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
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11-09-2010, 12:48 PM | #21 | |
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Perhaps you could try authorizing your device while it is tethered to your computer? Sometimes I've had issues with certain mobile devices not handling 'strong' passwords. I'm working on the presumption you are trying to authorize your 950 using the device's wireless/3G. |
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11-09-2010, 03:50 PM | #22 |
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you have to authorize your 950 before you can start using it? or is this something to do with using the 3g? Im a little lost here and this is the first time I hear this, but since i plan on ordering a 950 to Europe, it would be a 500$ surprise that i would not enjoy to find out that it is useless..
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11-09-2010, 05:12 PM | #23 |
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omg this is probably the wrong thread for this post but since the previous posts mentioned adobe.... did this guy mistake the sony prs-950 for a tablet, or am I mistaken http://forums.adobe.com/message/3242393?tstart=0
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11-12-2010, 01:08 AM | #24 |
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Resolved the problem. First the Sony support chat sent me to Adobe which was a disaster. Later I called Sony and they were very helpful. The problem was that I had a prior password with Adobe that conflicted with the Adobe registration. Sony just reset my Adobe password. Problem solved. Enjoying the new Reader.
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