MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Dilemma: Should I buy my mom a Sony Reader?

Alexander Turcic · 11-22-2007, 06:06 PM

My mom lives in Europe, but we live in different countries. The Cybook is hard to justify since it'd be so much more expensive for me ($-CHF vs. Euro-CHF).

I think I am most worried about two aspects:

1. She is using a Mac. Standard desktop software (from Sony) won't work. So will she be able to upload her own books? (e.g. by uploading directly via USB)

2. Will she remember to regularly charge her reader? She might leave it in a drawer for a couple of weeks, and I can see how the battery will deplete in no time.

11-22-2007, 06:06 PM	#17
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,175 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	My mom lives in Europe, but we live in different countries. The Cybook is hard to justify since it'd be so much more expensive for me ($-CHF vs. Euro-CHF). I think I am most worried about two aspects: 1. She is using a Mac. Standard desktop software (from Sony) won't work. So will she be able to upload her own books? (e.g. by uploading directly via USB) 2. Will she remember to regularly charge her reader? She might leave it in a drawer for a couple of weeks, and I can see how the battery will deplete in no time.