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Old 07-12-2010, 06:53 PM   #9
Esquire1
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Esquire1 has learned how to buy an e-book online
 
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Device: Kindle 3 wifi; PRS-500 (gone); iPad NOT for reading e-books ;)
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Originally Posted by AnemicOak View Post
but the 500 needs to be sent in to Sony for a firmware upgrade, however doing the upgrade means you lose the ability to view LRF/LRX (BBeB) format books. Assuming they're still doing the upgrade that is. I'm not sure if there was a time limit or not, the offer started around November '09.
I just purchased a brand new PRS-500 yesterday and sent it off for the upgrade this morning. Sony paid for the shipping and all that so I assume they're still doing the upgrade. I hope they didn't just take my e-reader and run

I bought it off of craigslist. Some older gentleman never used it. Either that or he packed it really well. It didn't have the upgrade to it. I couldn't run it on my Linux OS Sony Vaio laptop.

I think he may have gotten it from a promotion? It has an American Airlines embossment on the front of the reader cover. Do all PRS-500s have that?
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