For me there are no innovating features, so far:
a) WiFi was alredy aviable on the PRS 950, and it was (with the wrong price) a big mistake not to implement it on PR650; with the WiFi on the T1 they have corrected an error of the PRS 650; the second error of this last model was, as alredy said, the price, not even comparable with the Kindle and more evident after the Nook touch and the Kombo touch; after these two models, the PRS 650 was, for its price, out of the market;
b) font size choices are alredy possible installing PRS+ on the PRS 950, 650, 350 and other models (that allow to use not only 6 fonts and shows the time during reading);
c) multi-touch is only the possibility of enlarging the text (without reflowing it), alredy possible. They haven't even implemented a side touch that allow to turn pages (as the Nook Touch).
So far, the T1 is not very innovative (except for the price) and, on same aspects, is, on the contrary, involutive (plastic body, pen not inserted in the device).
Moreover, with the T1 Sony have indirectly said that his errors (paid by those ones who bought PRS 650 without WiFi, with a price out of market) are paid only by customers who trusted this brand. Expecilly in the case that (as probable) they will not allow to install in the PRS 950 and 650 the new operating system of the T1 (based not on Linux but on Android) or will not update anymore their operating system.
After 9 months of life of these models, you cannot abbandon the customers in this way (expecially if they had payied a premium price for a wrong evaluation of Sony). It is not serious, as well is not serius to sell the T1 in various european countries at very different prices (149 euro in France, Germany and Holand and 199 euros - 50 euro more - in Italy). If they won't change policy, I will never buy other products from them (i have allredy from Sony a TV set, 3 ebook readers, 3 laptops 1 MP3 reader and a couple of headphones).
They will forget a faithfull customer as I am.
Last edited by prsita; 09-04-2011 at 08:57 AM.
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