Quote:
Originally Posted by LOL2005
I have been intensively using the Sony reader the last two weeks. The device is great but Sony could make it even better.
I would suggest them the following enhancements
Hardware:
* make it a bit lighter (low priority)
* improve the screen (High priority), Vizplex is good but there is still room for improvement
* improve the device speed (medium priority)
* improve the buttons (medium priority), I think we need to press just a bit harder than we should to turn pages. Please keep the two wheels for those of us who turn pages with the left hand
Software
* Add multi language support (French, Spanish, German, Russian...) - (medium priority)
* Add more formats
- HTML(High priority)
- Epub (High priority)
* Add support for dictionary(ies) (super high priority)
2000+ books and no dictionary, it doesn't make sense
* Add possibility to change the screen orientation in the image menu option (we should not need to go back to the main option menu) - (medium priority)
* improve pdf support
- pdf background is darker than other format backgrounds. This is not good, please fix it (high priority). Thanks to www.feedbooks.com , a good pdf support is far from been useless in the reader
- Possibility to zoom in pdf (medium priority)
* Add the possibility to search in a document. (Medium priority)
*Add the possibility to change the font. (I like Arial not Times  - (High priority)
Other enhancements:
Connect books, It should be possible to expand the reading area of Connect documents. We lose a lot of screen real estate with the useless margin around the text. The reading area is a bit two small to fully enjoy the reading experience. We should get 6' of reading area not 4'
Regarding pricing: $300 is a fair price for the device you get. I would compare the Sony Reader with the first generation Ipod. Increase functionalities, not the price
What did I miss? |
I'm a very proud owner of a Sony Reader PRS-505. But I quite agree with the suggested enhancements, especially with regard to the dictionaries. May I just add these:
a. Clock display should be placed at the lower right hand corner beside the page indicator. This is very important for a person like me who has the habit of snatch reading in between short appointments. It is a bit of a bother to keep on flipping back to Settings to check the time (HIGH PRIORITY).
B. Add foreign language works in the classics section of the eLibrary. I read French and Spanish classics, and although free foreign classics are available at other internet sites, I prefer the formatting used by the eLibrary.
C. The addition of the Bible among the classics selection would further dignify the Sony ereader.
D. I wish that there were a more versatile choice of fonts that would include Garamond. Garamond is the classic font for novels. Sony wants to achieve a book-like quality, they must go all the way by using this classic font.
--Trina Oliver