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Originally Posted by imahawki
Hi, first post. I just ordered the 505 and don't even have it yet but this thread is a little distressing. These things (ebooks in general, not just Sony's) are advertised as carrying your entire library in your hand yet if you add more than a few hundred books your device doesn't work? Any way, as a somewhat techie, I'd say the good news is that since these readers are Linux based, there could be a lot of flexibility in firmware updates. Perhaps they will resolve the database issues.
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Well, they didn't resolve it from the prs-500 to the prs-505. The fact that the prs-505 is faster is only based on the fact that the new one got more ram, and maybe a faster processor.
The device isn't inusable, when you manage to open a book it work flawlessy (if you don't want to put a bookmark, that will cost you a minute o two waiting on a locked screen)
The only waits you get is on opening or closing a book, and putting or deleting bookmarks (one or two minutes for all of them); and the excruciating wait (30 minutes) when you toggle the memorycard or when you use an usb based recharge method.
You can live with it, but is surely a pain.
I will surely love to ditch the current firmware and using something like the ubook reader (the best ebook reader I've ever used, for pc or windows mobile devices), but alas, whe have to cope with sony corporation, wich is famous about total uncaring to his customers.