sony 650 or kindle?

ictin · 10-10-2010, 06:42 AM

Hi.

I almost ordered the sony 650, but looking at reviews, i learned from some obscure review that the sony has NO support for unicode fonts. It is true? Because for me is unbelievable that a ebook reader will not support any characters except the default ASCII set.
I like what i see at the sony, especially the note tacking, but if the support for diacritics is 0, then is useless.
The kindle has the free 3g, and unicode support.
I could go around the sony unicode problem, and convert the diacritics to the ascii char, but in the end why? if i can read them ok on the kindle, and at a lower cost.

So, in the end, the sony 650 has support for diacritics, or should i go for the safe way, the kindle?

handisnacks · 10-10-2010, 06:53 AM

There's also a good $100 MSRP difference between the two. As far as I've read the PRS-650 (in Western markets) has no support for unicode.

doreenjoy · 10-10-2010, 01:54 PM

You might want to look in the Sony forum for an answer, or even post your question there.

10-10-2010, 06:42 AM	#1
ictin Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: none	sony 650 or kindle? Hi. I almost ordered the sony 650, but looking at reviews, i learned from some obscure review that the sony has NO support for unicode fonts. It is true? Because for me is unbelievable that a ebook reader will not support any characters except the default ASCII set. I like what i see at the sony, especially the note tacking, but if the support for diacritics is 0, then is useless. The kindle has the free 3g, and unicode support. I could go around the sony unicode problem, and convert the diacritics to the ascii char, but in the end why? if i can read them ok on the kindle, and at a lower cost. So, in the end, the sony 650 has support for diacritics, or should i go for the safe way, the kindle?

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10-10-2010, 06:53 AM	#2
handisnacks Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: None	There's also a good $100 MSRP difference between the two. As far as I've read the PRS-650 (in Western markets) has no support for unicode.

10-10-2010, 01:54 PM	#3
doreenjoy 01000100 01001010 Posts: 1,889 Karma: 2400000 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Polyamorous	You might want to look in the Sony forum for an answer, or even post your question there.

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