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Originally Posted by rflashman
My Sony Reader's connect software stopped working when I upgraded to Vista 64, with no plans from Sony to support me. So I don't entirely agree with this assesment. Also, if the Kindle's wireless stops working, isn't it the same as the Sony Reader?
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That does fall under the "Oh, Sony." category there. I guess you'd have to hope that the user base would come up with a solution for this one, or that the release of the Kindle will prompt Sony to clean up all these loose edges. Since I haven't had a chance to use the software yet, is it similar to iTunes where you can't even browse the books without installing the software on your computer? It's becoming a major pet peeve of mine when people copy the style and functionality of that miserable piece of shit. When I hear about the "syncing" that the Sony transfer software does, it makes me roll my eyes, and I might not be getting the device if there weren't a user-created alternative. I have an iPod Shuffle 2nd gen and it turns out that there's a 12kb program that replaces the entire transfer functionality of iTunes, allowing me to simply drag and drop files onto it an explorer (much better then having them "synced" onto the device and into a cryptic file tree with names like MX4CL.mp3, give me a break) and then create a new playlist for the device with the click of a button, more than halving the time involved in getting an album on the Shuffle and allowing me to removing three separate start-up processes added by iTunes. If iTunes is the standard for what a portable media device's transfer/media store software is supposed to be like, I suggest we move back to the days when everything had a plug.
Anyway, I actually read about another thing on here that made me a little concerned about the viability of the Reader, which is that a lot of users are getting very short battery life (around 500 page refreshes over only a few days) from the PRS-505. I can definitely live with that if it doesn't get better, but it's just another thing that you have to hope that Sony can (will?) fix with a firmware update.
