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Originally Posted by soondai
Thanks for weighing in.
I really liked the 1st generation Sony's I saw. But the reflective screen complaints scared me away from the bigger one. I completely would have gotten the pocket reader on clearance, but it really is disposable. I read the cost of sending it in for battery replacement was well over 100 dollars.
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Are you referring to the PRS-300? That is actually, along with the PRS-600, the 3rd, or maybe even 4th generation of readers that Sony has brought out (It depends on how you view the PRS-700).
Yes, the battery issue is a big one for me too, but try to keep it in perspective. I had a Jetbook with a non user replaceable battery. Because the Jetbook uses more power, it was recharged more often than the PRS-300 would be (At least once a week, more likely twice a week). After almost two years, the battery still held enough charge for maybe 8-10 hours of reading (about half of what it did initially). Since recharging is what really saps the life out of a Lithium-Ion battery, I would guess that the Sony would still be usable (from a power perspective anyway) for at least 3-5 years. By and large, I suspect that unless e-Ink readers completely drop off the face of the Earth (Say about a 30% chance of that in the next 5 years), that by then, you might well want to upgrade to whatever new devices happen to be available by then.
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Bill