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Originally Posted by BJN
I'm reading my first and last book on my Sony PRS-500. It's disappointing in so many ways I don't know where to start.
-The poor contrast display is substantially inferior to ink on paper. The handling of typography at various magnifications is poor, especially for extended character set letters. The "page" size is tiny compared to a paperback. I crank up the magnification and I'm treated to several pagelets and lots of paging button pushes as a result.
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The page size problem is caused by the wya that particular ebook was formatted. It sounds like you got it from Sony. Try one of the ones here. They're much better as well as free.
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-The promise of a page display that requires no power to maintain the image is totally lost on this device. You have to turn it off and that means wiping the zero current draw image from the display. The reader uses power even when turned off and the "off" life without charging is annoyingly short. I've read here that there's a way to really turn it off but that that means a long reboot and I assume lost session settings.
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Yes, you are technically correct. But you be seeing a 3 week battery life. If you aren't getting it, then the battery could be defective (or you haven't charged it properly).
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-The Sony bookstore selection is pathetic. I bought the reader with the idea of consolidating field guides for birding, geology, river information, etc. in a handy single device. Bad idea. I can't even view pdfs on this thing reasonably if they're not formatted to the reader's page specs. The zoom for pdf reading isn't sticky so dealing with letter size pdf documents is a PITA.
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Yes. No argument, no debate. The Sony ebooks store is indeed pathetic. That's why a lot of us don't buy ebooks there.
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-Since I can't put what I want into the reader, perhaps it could earn its keep doing something else useful? Nope. Other than an extremely poor MP3 player, it offers no other utility. No thesaurus, no calendar, no handy reference function of any kind.
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Yes, you can put what you want on it. Start a new thread and ask for help.
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-The reader's interface is lame. I realize the new model is somewhat improved, but this isn't a device that's brilliant in its single function.
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It does, indeed.
If you want to give the Reader a second chance, just ask for help.
P.S. If you decide to return the Reader, then I think you should consider the Cybook or the Amazon Kindle. Most of your gripes are fixed by one or the other.