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View Poll Results: Will there be a PRS-500 firmware upgrade? | |||
Yes; a firmware upgrade for the PRS-500! | 18 | 43.90% | |
No; there will be a new trade-in offer | 17 | 41.46% | |
No; Sony will do something else for PRS-500 owners | 4 | 9.76% | |
Other (leave a message in thread) | 2 | 4.88% | |
Voters: 41. You may not vote on this poll |
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08-15-2009, 05:30 AM | #1 |
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Will the PRS-500 get a firmware upgrade?
A little bit of speculation, anyone? Will the PRS-500 get a firmware upgrade?
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08-15-2009, 07:56 AM | #2 |
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I really cannot see Sony making any moves to update a reader model they have, so far, abandoned. If anything, I believe they may offer a trade-in allowance toward the 300 or 600 as they did when the 700 was debuted.
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08-15-2009, 07:58 AM | #3 |
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Sony did not abandon the 500. The 500 was unable to have ePub added to it due to a limitation in the available code space in the ROM. But maybe Sony will abandon LRF/LRX and allow the 500 to have ADE with ePub. That we won't know until it happens or not.
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08-15-2009, 08:31 AM | #4 |
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The available space on the 500 is not the reason for not having epub (because there is more than enough space). I'd even go as far as saying that a dedicated hacker could have ePub support on the 500 in no more than a few hours, with most of that time being used to make ADE authorize the device.
LRF and LRX do not have to be abandoned to support epub either. |
08-15-2009, 08:57 AM | #5 |
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I had to vote for "other", I don't believe Sony will do squat for owners of the 500.
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08-16-2009, 01:46 PM | #7 | |
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That being said, I am QUITE tempted to get the 600, if it will fit in my Oberon cover. |
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08-16-2009, 06:59 PM | #8 | |
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08-16-2009, 11:30 PM | #9 |
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I am leaning toward a conversion piece of software that converts ePub to LRF/LRX.
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08-17-2009, 10:57 AM | #10 | |
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Converting existing LRF/LRX files might be possible too, and if space on a PRS-500 is an issue converting them from LRF/LRX to ePub and then jettisoning the LRF/LRX code might provide space (if truly needed, but I have my doubts). |
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08-17-2009, 07:32 PM | #11 |
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Yep, I signed up to be notified about the update, and it would be cool if it was a firmware update or a decent trade-in offer. I'm hoping for the best.
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08-18-2009, 06:50 PM | #12 |
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My guess, trade in, like what happened when the 505's were released.
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08-19-2009, 07:56 PM | #13 |
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Sadly, their 500 "trade-in" offer was far less ($100?) than what you could easily sell one for in decent condition.
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08-20-2009, 06:25 AM | #14 |
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50% off any Sony reader if you trade in your 500 model. Those trade-in values would be more in keeping with what a 500 goes for on ebay. |
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