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Old 07-24-2008, 06:15 AM   #1
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Yay! A great firmware update! Oh, wait -- 505 only. At least I can get that cool cover/lightwedge thing. Oh, wait -- 505 only. Geez, the 500 only started shipping in 10/2006 -- well under 2 years ago.

Shows you what Sony thinks of us early adopters, eh?
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Old 07-24-2008, 06:21 AM   #2
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Yay! A great firmware update! Oh, wait -- 505 only. At least I can get that cool cover/lightwedge thing. Oh, wait -- 505 only. Geez, the 500 only started shipping in 10/2006 -- well under 2 years ago.

Shows you what Sony thinks of us early adopters, eh?
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This is slightly off topic - does anyopne know how I can download the Adobe DE1.5 installer, instead of haivng to use their web installer?

Wish Sony would hurry up and post the file - it is 10:23 over here in the UK!
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Old 07-24-2008, 08:27 AM   #4
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Old 08-03-2008, 02:10 PM   #5
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how well does epub do, compared to lrf?
Editing possibilities? speed? image styling?
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Old 07-24-2008, 08:51 AM   #7
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Old 07-24-2008, 09:24 AM   #8
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So how do i update??
Can someone post a direct link?
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Old 07-24-2008, 09:25 AM   #9
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So how do i update??
Can someone post a direct link?
Can't yet. The firmware is not yet available. But we are hoping sometime today.
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Old 07-24-2008, 09:31 AM   #10
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There's already thousands of e-books in ePub available on Feedbooks, and you can of course turn RSS feeds into ePub too using our service: http://www.feedbooks.com

I'll do an official release for our sync software, I'll change my subscriptions to ePub once the firmware upgrade is available. Just have to plug-in my device every morning, and it automatically downloads all my RSS feeds to it.

Here's Mobileread in ePub:
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I have been told adobe de for ebook-devices requires at least 128mb ram and that is why it will never run on the 500.
They've mentioned "possible hardware limitations" on the 500 before, but they wouldn't specify what they might be at the time. If that's truly a constraint then yeah, that would keep DE from ever being on the 500.

My poor, forlorn 500.
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Hadrien, that sounds quite nice.
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I would love to see Sony do a "send in your 500 for a memory upgrade" for a small fee. That would be a great idea.
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Old 07-24-2008, 09:38 AM   #14
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How much RAM in the 500 ? 505 ?

16Mb is clearly not enough for DE support for example.
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Old 07-24-2008, 10:42 AM   #15
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Wow... I'm just catching up on this news. I'm still not very happy with Sony, but this would go a long way toward appeasing me.
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