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A number of your complaints are actually due to how unfriendly the user interface on SONY readers is, rather than to a true lack of features. It's not your fault - I think everyone who have ever used a SONY reader has been frustrated and disappointed until they finally figured out that things could be done... just not in an intuitive manner.

Really, sometimes you have to wonder, did they really try to make this thing as complicated as possible?

The highlighting/bookmarking thing is one lots of people miss.

The fact that you can turn the device off by using the sleep slide-button (just hold it there longer) was lost to me and I was upset about having to go through multiple screens to turn it off.

Or the fact that you can select a page to jump to by tapping the bar at the bottom of the screen...


Some things you mentioned...

1) Sync. Don't use it. It is difficult to setup correctly. Turn the synch off and just drag-and-drop documents. It's actually faster and it works correctly, without overwriting stuff. The problem with the synch is that, for some reason, it always wants to overwrite content on your reader with the content from your PC. Which means, if you have notes on the reader, they get overwritten. If you drag, it will transfer those over - and if you already have an annotated version of the same file on the reader, the notes will be merged.

2) Not sure I get the Goggle reader comments. Are you talking about some software I don't know of or about getting books from google books? Because you can get books from google books, but only over WiFi, not over 3g. Open the store when connected in wifi, or access the store from your PC. But no, SONY does not support apps. of any form.

3) WIFI is hit or miss. Something is wrong there, I agree. I can connect to some WiFi networks, on others is just hangs on 'connecting'. Sometimes, turning the device off (not putting it into sleep mode... turning it off) fixes it.

4) Yes, 3g is only meant for purchases (accessing the store) and for delivery of subscription content. I don't complain, it's a free connection... But I do think SONY should be more honest when it comes to marketing. I think a lot of people assume they will be able to browse the web over 3g (sure, a bit of research will clear that up, but SONY certainly seems to like the ambiguity). And the web browser is pathetic, I agree. I am personally happy - the 950 is for me an upgrade on the 900 and I just wanted the better screen, so the web browser or wifi were completely irrelevant and I have not been disappointed. But I can see how other users with different priorities will be.