Thread: PRS-600 New firmware for previous readers?
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Old 09-03-2010, 04:12 PM   #22
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Device: Sony PRS-500 (RIP); PRS-600 (Good Riddance); PRS-505; PRS-650; PRS-350
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Originally Posted by jswinden View Post
Very rarely have they updated firmware on any readers. And the reason you got the firmware/hardware update on your 500 was because Sony decided to change their business model and switch to ePubs rather than LRX. If they sell you a few books for your 500 they will make back their investment to update your 500. Plus they were able to avoid any ugly class-action litigation and bad press. Sony did the right thing for 500 owners, but they won't be updating any discontinued models, especially when they rarely update current models.
Please note that I said some of these very same things in this thread already.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...4&postcount=14

I am painfully aware of Sony's firmware update record, since I've been at this from the beginning (in the US) with the PRS-500.

My last post had one major point: it is not factually accurate to say Sony has never updated firmware on discontinued models. Period. (Responding to poster saying "cold day in hell" before an update.) If we are going to the mattresses on the firmware issue, we need our facts straight.

I also feel that if we wrote Sony requesting updates for our older models, facts are imperative. "You updated the PRS-500, which we are very grateful for. An ADE update would be a software issue, comparatively inexpensive, and would benefit the Sony community greatly." I'm betting that would get a bit more traction at Sony than "You never update firmware, wtf is your problem!?!"

I know Sony's motivation for the PRS-500 update. But the fact of the matter is, they updated it. And way beyond the call of duty. Another fact is they've also been deathly slow at updates of any kind. But as I point out above, this ain't the PS3 here, and Sony has not thrown anything near the same resources at the Readers. But on the same note, we can't write off an update for older models quite yet. Especially if we get going and start really writing letters and e-mails with a request for an update.

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