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Old 11-25-2010, 02:46 PM   #31
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Why does your info say you own a 650 already?
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Old 11-25-2010, 03:10 PM   #32
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European rates are closer to $30 a day I understand - about twice the domestic U. S. cost.
The 950 seems like it'd be great for checking email, etc. at times when you don't feel like hauling out and booting up a netbook/laptop.
Yep, I've seen anywhere from $20 to $40 a night overseas. And when it's free it's typically unreliable or they give you a stack of codes for 1 hour at a time....

I have been able to use the 950 to check and send emails successfully. It works well with gmail. It is a bit cumbersome with my ISP webmail since their website design is too cluttered.

You can even check the MobileRead forums. The mobile version of MR gives me an error, but the full version works fine. I was surprised that Sony had a preloaded bookmark for the goodreads mobile site, and it seems to work ok too.
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Old 11-25-2010, 03:32 PM   #33
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Why does your info say you own a 650 already?
because when i created my login, it said to list the reader you had or planned to buy.

At that point I was leaning towards the 650... after a few days of reading reviews, the forums, etc & thinking about it... I'm leaning closer to the 950. It IS $50 more but this is my first one & I'm not one to upgrade quickly, so I want this purchase to be one I'm happy with for a long time.

Hence the little tip factor on the gmail ability.
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Old 11-25-2010, 03:41 PM   #34
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I thought it was something like that. Good luck to you with your decision!
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Old 11-25-2010, 03:59 PM   #35
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I thought it was something like that. Good luck to you with your decision!
and I am inordinately proud of myself for figuring out how to edit that. Hopefully I'll remember again once I hit "Buy". I'm probably going to wait another couple of days. Just to see what the sales do.
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I was just reading an article in USA Today about ereaders being a popular gift this holiday season. The article suggested using the browser on your ereader to access web-based calendar services to check your schedule away from your computer. Interesting use!
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Old 12-07-2010, 03:41 PM   #37
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Web surfing not useful, including for mobile version websites.
1. I get a lot of DNS errors, in which case the requested page does not load, and
2. My 950 will not allow me to scroll down a web page, even though the manual says you're supposed to be able to do this. Is anyone else having these problems??
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Old 12-07-2010, 04:32 PM   #38
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I haven't noticed DNS errors. I can scroll, but it is slow. A frustration of mine is not being able to view websites in landscape mode. What a glaring oversight, IMHO!
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... A frustration of mine is not being able to view websites in landscape mode. What a glaring oversight, IMHO!
This is unfortunate because an update to provide this functionality (or any other ones) is highly unlikely.
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Old 12-10-2010, 12:43 AM   #40
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Web surfing not useful, including for mobile version websites.
1. I get a lot of DNS errors, in which case the requested page does not load, and
2. My 950 will not allow me to scroll down a web page, even though the manual says you're supposed to be able to do this. Is anyone else having these problems??
The DNS errors are likely a provider issue. Where are you getting your WiFi from? Is it your home router or someplace else? I have not yet tried mine with 'free' WiFi networks that require a login via a webpage to work. I've only used it on company and personal WiFi and have never seen the DNS issue.

As for scrolling you can only do it by using 'swipe' action on the screen. The buttons don't work for some stupid reason.

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You can even check the MobileRead forums. The mobile version of MR gives me an error, but the full version works fine.
Sorry to bring back this old topic - but better late than never, right? This problem has been fixed. Turns out, the built-in browser of the 950 uses a buggy webkit implementation. More about the bug can be found it. For the mobile version of MR we switched to UTF-8 encoding which should now make it browsable on the 950 as well.
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Sorry to bring back this old topic - but better late than never, right? This problem has been fixed. Turns out, the built-in browser of the 950 uses a buggy webkit implementation. More about the bug can be found it. For the mobile version of MR we switched to UTF-8 encoding which should now make it browsable on the 950 as well.
Absolutely, better late is better than never. The 950 webkit implementation is clearly more buggy than my other ereaders. I just tested it. Brilliant! Thank you so much for fixing it!
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