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Kaitou Ace · 10-02-2007, 10:23 PM

Well as I said in the other thread, gave in and got the 505. I already have the 500 (or had, as I believe members of my family are discussing who has dibs to it now). I got the original within days of it coming out, and, well it's hard to break some habits

So far, I am liking it.

Here, as requested is a photo of the old and new, side by side. New screen is a bit better, more contrasty. Sadly the metal looks black in the photos, but they are both dark blue, new one a bit darker.

Things respond better, and I like the fact that the screen is much more the main part of the device, no more curves that drop down around it or anything, much more direct of a device, or so it feels.

Collections are easy to make (on the cards! yay!), and plugging it into USB gives you drives for the reader, and for each card you have in it.

Haven't played with the software much so far, but just popped the SD card from the old reader into the new, and everything is as it should be, it even kept all the places I was in for all the books.

Past collections, going into a section like "Books" gives you a choice of letters like so:

Which is really a welcome change from the PRS500 way of doing things.

My concern mainly is with the memory cards, as both slots are of the push-in-pop-out type, and there is no cover, so dropping the reader may result in both cards becoming projectiles.

Also the cover seems more likely to press the number buttons now, but all that it does is bring up the go to page dialog which you can cancel by hitting "menu".

There are animations in this thing now. The little forbidden icon, fades into view, then flashes to go away, instead of just appearing and disappearing, and when the icon does disappear, the outline is no longer quite as visible of where it used to be.

It also does look like it's coming out in Canada, as on the back of the reader is a statement in English and French that it complies with the Canadian version of the FCC.

All in all, I like the hardware, and plan on having some quality reading time with this toy in the near future.

10-02-2007, 10:23 PM	#1
Kaitou Ace Zealot Posts: 126 Karma: 1352743 Join Date: Oct 2002	Got the 505. Well as I said in the other thread, gave in and got the 505. I already have the 500 (or had, as I believe members of my family are discussing who has dibs to it now). I got the original within days of it coming out, and, well it's hard to break some habits So far, I am liking it. Here, as requested is a photo of the old and new, side by side. New screen is a bit better, more contrasty. Sadly the metal looks black in the photos, but they are both dark blue, new one a bit darker. Things respond better, and I like the fact that the screen is much more the main part of the device, no more curves that drop down around it or anything, much more direct of a device, or so it feels. Collections are easy to make (on the cards! yay!), and plugging it into USB gives you drives for the reader, and for each card you have in it. Haven't played with the software much so far, but just popped the SD card from the old reader into the new, and everything is as it should be, it even kept all the places I was in for all the books. Past collections, going into a section like "Books" gives you a choice of letters like so: Which is really a welcome change from the PRS500 way of doing things. My concern mainly is with the memory cards, as both slots are of the push-in-pop-out type, and there is no cover, so dropping the reader may result in both cards becoming projectiles. Also the cover seems more likely to press the number buttons now, but all that it does is bring up the go to page dialog which you can cancel by hitting "menu". There are animations in this thing now. The little forbidden icon, fades into view, then flashes to go away, instead of just appearing and disappearing, and when the icon does disappear, the outline is no longer quite as visible of where it used to be. It also does look like it's coming out in Canada, as on the back of the reader is a statement in English and French that it complies with the Canadian version of the FCC. All in all, I like the hardware, and plan on having some quality reading time with this toy in the near future. Attached Thumbnails