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Old 12-12-2010, 07:54 AM   #881
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Originally Posted by Clamb View Post
Mgmueller, you`ve said before that prefers Sony PRS 950 over Sony PRS 650. Would you tell me what are the pros and cons of each one? I don`t know anything about ebooks and I need one now. I agree with you that the best ones are the big names like Sony, so I`ll probably buy one of these. Is there such a great difference between 6 and 7 inches? And the thing you said about zoom, are sony`s readers difficult to zoom? Are they good for PDF and DOC formats?
What about the wi-fi, is it true that it only works in the US?

Thanks a lot. Clamb
Re. WiFi:
WiFi of course works globally. But the 3G in Sony 900 doesn't work outside of the US.
Kindle's 3G for example is working globally for 18 months now.
nook comes with an AT&T SIM, but you can replace it by your own SIM and hack the OS to accept your SIM.
For Sony, it's the "wrong" frequency band to work outside of the US.
At least this has been the case for Sony 900 (but I haven't heard otherwise about Sony 950).

One year ago, when I bought my Sony 900, this wasn't a biggy to me. Back then, by far most of the eBook readers had to be managed via USB. But in the meantime, all Android tablets, iPads, Kindles and lots of other readers come with global 3G capability. In my opinion, Sony 950 is kind of outdated in that instance. Maybe they'll introduce a global model later on?
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