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Originally Posted by PhyrePhox
I am very much still a newbie here, but I have been concerned about the stagnated development from Sony on the PRS-300 software. I followed this link to get impressions from other users on this alternative firmware, and spend most of my time sifting through a flamewar. Is it possible to stay on the topic please?
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It might sound a bit unfair but Sony never really does much to its firmware once it has released a product, except to fix any bugs, if your lucky (see it's range of MP3 players - especially during the sonic-stage days). So alas, don't look to sony for much in the way of development of improved features in an existing model via firmware development - this is not how Sony's business model works. (Yes, the PSP seems to have daily firmware updates but these are really only to keep[ ahead of the hackers and try to disable the latest homebrew apps - a thing sony is not keen on)
It really will only truly be through "amateur" development that changes will be made. The firmware above may well be the way forward but again, at least to me, it does not offer a real replacement for sony's OF until the poor formatting issues are resolved.
I have seen a discussion here that it is worth installing as it allows - for lack of a better word - "duel booting of itself or the OF. Now while this is true it should be noted that at the moment - due to a few small alterations it makes - you will not be able to use Calibre to manage or if you like synch, your ebook collection - in either it or the OF. A point worth taking into consideration if you don't know a lot about to resolve these issues in advance.