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Originally Posted by Mike_73
Well, that kind of sucks. How old is my 600??? I've been using it for about 7 months and it's allready "old". 
Not exactly how you keep your customers happy.
I get it when they say they won't put out anything for 500/505. At some point, gadgets seem to be meant to be replaced. But 7 months??? |
Isn't this the nature of technology, as soon as you amass a collection of something (8-track tapes, cassettes, CDs...), there's something better out there. These days innovation seems to be moving at lightening speed! The moment you purchase something it practically becomes obsolete.
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Originally Posted by EatingPie
I'm a bit baffled by this myself.
Sony recently offered an ePUB update for the PRS-500 for free, and it was a hardware change. That's real money there, not just the hardware and labor, but the shipping too.
A firmware update should be very simple for them to produce. I don't see any limiting factor, unless it's contractual with Adobe (who really deserves our ire at this, and the 3 different DRM schemes for ePUB).
-Pie
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As a PRS 700 owner, I've been begging for a firmware update, ever since they came out with the Touch 600 and it's integrated dictionary. Everyone said that it should be a reasonably easy thing to do for the 700, but nothing's ever come of that. I'm still happy with my Sony and believe I've gotten my money's worth of enjoyment out of it and then some. It won't stop me from considering a new Sony really soon, as funds become available anyway.