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Analogus · 09-04-2011, 05:18 AM

I voted in the middle. For my type of using an ereader, following points are important:

Long lasting energy.
I got troubles with my PRS350 this year when being on a pacific island for 10 days. The reader gave up after one week. So the T1 has an advantage over the former models.
Possibility to charge the reader without using the USB connector.
The T1 doesn't allow this. No advantage
High resolution of the E-Ink display.
I'm short sighted and without my glasses my eyes work like a microscope ;-) and I even see pixels on high resolution displays while reading.
The T1 has the same amount of pixels (800*600) like the even smaller PRS350. Against the 350 the T1 has thus a small disadvantage: lager screen but less resolution.
Dictionaries.
I guess the T1 will have the same dictionaries as the PRS350 and PRS650. So no advantage. There is to wait for future releases of PRS+ which maybe will bring support for user dictionaries.
Good haptics and material.
I guess the plastic doesn’t the job for me. So rather a disadvantage. I presume at least the red model will lose its color on edges and corners over time and become ugly because (so I guess) the plastic is colored just on the surface. Same as in most other Sony products I owned.
No glossy surface.
Clearly THE (personal) disadvantage over the former models. I like reading in bright sunlight.
Replaceable battery:
Maybe not the big point. But if you want to replace the battery yourself, the plastic case could be an big disadvantage (breaking anchor parts).

Other points I doesn’t care:

WiFi:
Could be an advantage concerning battery life span. No charging on the USB-cable when copying new content onto the reader. Besides that point, you have to live in an area with accessible WiFi for using the internet. Which I don’t do.
External card:
In my case not even the internal memory is used more than 50%. But if there would be a possibility to use the Wikipedia offline, an external card is a must.

I'll stay with my PRS350.

A.

09-04-2011, 05:18 AM	#6
Analogus Fanatic Posts: 568 Karma: 2170348 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: 2x Sony PRS-350; PRS-300 (†), Paperwhite (†), Voyage	I voted in the middle. For my type of using an ereader, following points are important: Long lasting energy. I got troubles with my PRS350 this year when being on a pacific island for 10 days. The reader gave up after one week. So the T1 has an advantage over the former models. Possibility to charge the reader without using the USB connector. The T1 doesn't allow this. No advantage High resolution of the E-Ink display. I'm short sighted and without my glasses my eyes work like a microscope ;-) and I even see pixels on high resolution displays while reading. The T1 has the same amount of pixels (800600) like the even smaller PRS350. Against the 350 the T1 has thus a small disadvantage: lager screen but less resolution. Dictionaries. I guess the T1 will have the same dictionaries as the PRS350 and PRS650. So no advantage. There is to wait for future releases of PRS+ which maybe will bring support for user dictionaries. Good haptics and material. I guess the plastic doesn’t the job for me. So rather a disadvantage. I presume at least the red model will lose its color on edges and corners over time and become ugly because (so I guess) the plastic is colored just on the surface. Same as in most other Sony products I owned. No glossy surface. Clearly THE (personal) disadvantage over the former models. I like reading in bright sunlight. Replaceable battery: Maybe not the big point. But if you want to replace the battery yourself, the plastic case could be an big disadvantage (breaking anchor parts). Other points I doesn’t care:* WiFi: Could be an advantage concerning battery life span. No charging on the USB-cable when copying new content onto the reader. Besides that point, you have to live in an area with accessible WiFi for using the internet. Which I don’t do. External card: In my case not even the internal memory is used more than 50%. But if there would be a possibility to use the Wikipedia offline, an external card is a must. I'll stay with my PRS350. A.