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Originally Posted by astra_lestat
Your prs-500 broke? Why? How? Why did you order 505 if you have CyBook Gen3?
Ah, so many questions, so little time...
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Let's see... For JSWolf. Yes, it's Tuesday, so what? Did you really think I'd have my Cybook back? *I* did. I am reliably informed that they have both replacement units ready and *will* ship them together (Note the implication that they *haven't* shipped!!!) - for those who're floundering around in the dark (Yes, I love seeing people flounder.
), two of the engineering units broke - one had complete failure of the power button and the other accidentally had an SD card shoved the wrong way into the slot - clearly cases of owner abuse in each situation. However, I'm not clear whether Bookeen meant that *just* the two replacement units will ship together, but separate from and *earlier* than the 100 ordered units, or whether they'll ship together with the 100 ordered units - which won't be shipping until the wire transfer clears into Bookeen's bank. (Wire transfers into our bank cleared in 2-3 hours *from* Europe. After 24 hours, wire transfer *from* our bank *to* Europe still hasn't cleared - although it shows as gone from our accounts after just 3 hours.)
As for why I'd be ordering a PRS-505, well, Mom likes the Sony 'better' - go figure.
But then we all know that Sony, Amazon, Hanlin, iLiad and Bookeen are just wasting their time and energy because the 800-pound gorilla of the consumer electronic world has, well not *spoken* really, more like whispered rumors in a dark alley... Yes, Apple is once again leaking and then vehemently denying rumors of an impending iBook ebook reader.
Let me guess, it will be a 5" full-color display with an Intel Core2 Duo processor, a 3-hour-per-charge battery life, handle the new (and quite proprietary) .IBK ebook format and run $999 per reader. Did I mention that the device will only hold 2 .IBKs at a time, require a $250 service charge when the battery requires changing and the .IBKs will automatically delete themselves from both the iBook and the user's computers as soon as the user reads the last page? Not to mention each .IBK will be multiply encrypted with five different DRM methods... Yep. That's my prediction.
Of course, millions of Americans will line up outside Apple stores during torrential downpours for the right to buy *ONE EACH* - no cash purchases allowed!
Derek