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Old 10-07-2011, 03:03 PM   #46
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The cover can't have magnets to keep it closed. Magnets won't work on the plastic Sony.
Are the older sony readers aluminum or a steel alloy? I don't believe magnets work on aluminum, so if the readers were aluminum then the cases must have had a magnet and a piece of steel opposite.
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Old 10-07-2011, 03:43 PM   #47
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The answer is no magnets on the 6/350 lighted cover (not UK anyway} but a 'lastic band does the job just fine
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The answer is no magnets on the 6/350 lighted cover (not UK anyway} but a 'lastic band does the job just fine
I can finally put to good use the wedding thigh band
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Old 10-07-2011, 05:00 PM   #50
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The cover can't have magnets to keep it closed. Magnets won't work on the plastic Sony.
On the PRS-300 the magnets were built into the reader, the case just had little steel plates sewn in opposite of where the 300 had the magnets installed. The case itself did not have magnets.

There was little reason this couldn't have been done the same way on the T-1. It is amazing how many folks thought the case had the magnets installed.
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On the PRS-300 the magnets were built into the reader, the case just had little steel plates sewn in opposite of where the 300 had the magnets installed. The case itself did not have magnets.

There was little reason this couldn't have been done the same way on the T-1. It is amazing how many folks thought the case had the magnets installed.
Wow! My 350 is the same - I just tried the fridge test and both "outside" corners do have magnets. I too had always assumed that the magnets were in the cover.

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Old 10-07-2011, 07:45 PM   #52
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You can use Calibre to email the newsfeeds, then open your email in the browser and download the files from your email. The feeds will show up in your periodicals.
That seems a bit convoluted! Is it painful in practice? It sounds like it might be better to set up a dedicated email address for this work easiest so you don't have to browse through irrelevant emails.

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See my post at the end of page 1. I use Calibre's content server and browse to it from my T1 and click to download books over Wifi
Without being able to try (my 350 is USB only) this does sound similar in effort to the email method above.

I was hoping for some super-duper automatic mode (perhaps at a pre-set time(s) each day), but it sounds like some manual intervention is needed whem using wifi. It almost seems like plugging in to USB and having Calibre auto-sync requires less work. The advantages of the email/browse are obviously you don't have to be near the computer running Calibre (eg, traveling).

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I like mine. I was going to order a Kindle Touch to go along with my Kindle Basic, but I'm leaning towards keeping the T1 instead.

My very first ereader was a Sony and it was metal, so I do miss that, but its not a huge deal. I also like the direct library downloads.

I have a red one.
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Old 10-07-2011, 11:35 PM   #54
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i love mine. been reading a lot of manga on it today. still waiting for collections to be sorted out in calibre but overall, it's been a treat.

here's a pic of mine with the new kindle zip sleeve case.

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Old 10-08-2011, 03:07 AM   #55
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i love mine. been reading a lot of manga on it today. still waiting for collections to be sorted out in calibre but overall, it's been a treat.

here's a pic of mine with the new kindle zip sleeve case.

Thanx for the pic, lightforx.

Wow, it looks really really great.
I wonder if this is the best e-ink screen we can buy right now?
I am one of those who are very disappointed by the K4's screen
and currently I am a bit obsessed with how good a screen is.
I hope somebody ranks each and every e-ink screen so that we can decide
which one suits our need.
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Old 10-08-2011, 09:15 AM   #56
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wow, in that manga photo, the screen looks fantastic! Really white background!

I thought people were saying the K4 screen is better than the K3? Seems like there is either an awful lot of variation or an awful lot of subjectivity in the quality of these Pearl screens.

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I thought people were saying the K4 screen is better than the K3? Seems like there is either an awful lot of variation or an awful lot of subjectivity in the quality of these Pearl screens.
Yep, lots of subjectivity, and probably some variations as well, since I see as many people swear that the K3 screen is better than the K4 as the other way around.
(What I notices when comparing my 950 next to a K3 was that the font on the K3 is a bit bolder, and I suspect that's what makes many think the screen is better.)
I think the T1 seems like a really really nice device and I hope the collection sync problems some people report will be solved, making it closer to perfect!
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wow, in that manga photo, the screen looks fantastic! Really white background!

I thought people were saying the K4 screen is better than the K3? Seems like there is either an awful lot of variation or an awful lot of subjectivity in the quality of these Pearl screens.

eP
Feel like I posted this 10 times on these forums, but the best explanation came form the manufacturers themselves IMHO. Tom's Hardware contacted e-Ink about this when doing their K4 review:

"We called up E Ink Corporation to ask if this was a batch-related issue, and was told that this is most likely due to Amazon choosing a particular grade of display panels. So, while the new Kindle comes at a lower price, the company is probably cutting its costs as well by using a slightly cheaper display."
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lightforx -- just curious what format that is, looks great.
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lightforx -- just curious what format that is, looks great.
the manga? i did a cbz to epub conversion in calibre, default settings (having some problems with the pdf conversion, so this was the second one i tried).

the scaling and positioning are perfect.
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